Comprehension of Informational Text 171-180
Locate directly stated answers to questions within texts.
Locate information within table of contents and index.
Identify main ideas.
Compose titles to articles that correlate to the main idea.
Follow simple instructions.
Explain why something happened within a text.
Provide a possible reaction to an action that a character might take.
Classify statements as fact or opinion.
Locate bias in articles,editorials, and ads.
Infer author bias.
Determine author overall purpose.
Infer author's specific purposes for selected portions of text.
Make a 5-question quiz over an informational article asking questions whose answers can come directly from the reading. Provide an answer key.
Using any textbook you have, create a 10-question quiz requiring a reader to use the table of contents and the index. Provide an answer key as well.
Fill out a Reitz Main Idea graphic organizer after reading an informational article of your choice. Attach the article and the completed graphic.
Compose alternate titles to (3) different informational reading selections from one of your textbooks.
Write a list of directions from your HR to this classroom using a verb to begin each line.
Using an informative reading from your text or the internet, explain why something happened within the reading.
Using whatever reading you have recently used in class, write a brief paragraph explaining some even that occurred in an infromational reading and make a prediction about what might possibly happen because of that event.
Write (2) versions of (5) different statements. Make one version an opinion; make the other a fact.
Identify all persuasive words, phrases, and images within a magazine ad.
Print (3) informative articles that show a clear author bias. Underline and explain where you see the bias.
Find an examples of all (3) types of writing: persuasive, informative, and entertaining.
After reading an informative article, explain why each part of the article was necessary. What purpose did each portion serve?