READING PASSAGES: INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Summary:

• an overview of a text that captures the main points but does not give all of the details and does not include opinions.

• ideas that tell all the details in a story and gives an opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Connotative meaning:

• meanings inferred from certain words.

• the real meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Organization:

• the details of a piece of writing.

• The way in which a piece of writing is structured.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Author’s purpose:

• The author’s intention for his or her piece

• why the reader is reading the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Author’s point of view:

• The opinion of the author.

• The opinion of the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

Evidence:

• Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else

• why you answer a question they way you do.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

fact

• a statement that can be proven

• a statement that cannot be proven

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

opinion

• a statement that cannot be proven because it states a writer’s belief or judgment about something.

• what is real

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Chronological order:

• Events starting in the middle of a story.

• The order in which a series of events happened.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Cause and effect:

• A relationship where one thing causes another thing to happen.

• When there is a problem and then a solution.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3