Informational Text . . .

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Informational Text . . .
What does the text say?
How does the text say it?
CC1 Summary, Gist, Topics
CC4 Text Features, Support, Evidence, Style
This is the authors craft structure
This is your summary

• How is the information organized?
• Cause/effect, time, topic, compare/contrast,
  persuasion

• Determine
• The gist/central idea
• Specific evidence to support
• Ideas in order of importance
• Obvious/logical inferences

• From what point of view/perspective was this
• written?

3. What are the style., mood, tone?
4. What are the sources of information and
fact? Ist there more than one source?
So . . . What does it mean to me?
What does the text mean?
CC7 Relevancy CC9 Personal Connection
CC2 Purpose CC6 Claim, Authors Message
This is where you make a connection to your life
This is the claim the authors intent

• Text Self
• What does this remind me of in my life?
• How is this different from my life?
• How does this relate to my life?
• What were my feelings when I read this?

• What is the authors stance/perspective towards
  the topic?
• How does the author use language to shape the
  tone?
• What are the concepts that make the reasoning
  possible?
• What assumptions underlie the concepts?
• What implications follow the concepts?
• What is the purpose, end or objective(s)?

• Text Text
• How is the text similar to other things Ive
  read/watched?
• Have I read something like this before?

• Text World
• What does this remind me of in the real world?
• How does this relate to the world around me?
• Hos is this similar/different to things that have
  happened
• around me?

Reading Strategy Close and Critical
Reading Bookmarks can be found at
http//missionliteracy.com/page68/assets/Close20a
ndCriticalReading20bookmarks20June202010.pdf
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What does the text say?
How does the text say it?
This is your summary
This is the authors craft structure
What does the text mean?
So . . . What does it mean to me?
This is the claim the authors intent
This is where you make a connection to your life