Informational Reading

Academic essay, Blog, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, News article, Reports, or Textbook

how the writer presents the structure within the informational text

Advice column, Consumer reports, How-to-do books and articles, Travel books and articles

See major parts of the book along with page numbers.Locate information & see main topics

Offers a list that is helpful to the understanding of the article

Understand what is shown in a photo/illustration and the info that may/may not be in the text

the most important piece of information the author wants the reader to know from the text

characteristics, actions, etc.

Navigate through sections of text.Understand the main idea of each section of the text.

Signaling the word is important &/or found in the glossary.Understand an idea that was unclear.

Understand where an event happens.Understand how far away an event took place.

Autobiography, Biography, Historical Narrative, Memoir

Sets up a problem and offers a solution.

Understand information in a visual way.Understand an idea from the text that was unclear.

connects evidence to claim; explains what is important about the evidence how it supports claim

educated guess that uses info from the text & your own knowledge to get to a conclusion

confirmed facts data & statistics, research by expertscomes from the writer performing research

Give a brief statement of the main points in an informational reading article

Understand that the word is important.

Celebrity interview, Essay, Photo journal, Personality profile

Define key terms to find out their meaning in the text.Better learn and understand the subject.

opinion that is a matter of personal experience & values that must be backed up with evidence

Quickly find a key term from an alphabetical list.

Understand important events in chronological order or time order.Understand the order of events

Give reason/explanation for happening

personal experience, family and friends' observations, acquaintance or interviewee's story

Exposé(Investigative Piece), News feature article, Human Interest Story("True story"),Interview

Quickly find pages that contain information you are looking for.

Organize large amounts of info in a small space. Understand relationships among & between info

Looking at two or more items to establish similarities/differences

Gives information in order of occurrence

Advertising, Argumentative essay, Commentary, Criticism, Editorial, Letter to the editor

Identify the topic throughout the book/article as you skim & scan.Divide the text into sections

Understand a more detailed or simplified view of info.Understand steps or how objects are made

Locate more info than is in the text about a topic and facts the author want the reader to know