Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction (RAN) Chart
This support material is incorporated into critical challenges at grade 6, however, it can be adapted for use at all grade levels.
The following document can be adapted and re-saved for your needs.
The chart may be completed as a whole-group, small-group or an individual activity. Use of sticky notes to record ideas facilitates the movement of recorded ideas across the categories in the chart.
From Reality Checks: Teaching Reading Comprehension with Nonfiction K-5 by Tony Stead, copyright 2004, with permission of Stenhouse Publishers.