Reading Informational Text — Chapter overview · English 6, Grade 6
Read nonfiction like a detective: find the central idea and the details that build it, notice how a text is organized, figure out why the author wrote it, and back up what you say with evidence from the page.
Chapter question
How can evidence help us explain reading informational text?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 3.1 · Central Idea & Supporting Details
I can determine the central idea of an informational text.
- Unit 3.2 · Text Structures
I can name the five common nonfiction text structures.
- Unit 3.3 · Author's Purpose & Point of View
I can identify whether an author's purpose is to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.
- Unit 3.4 · Citing Textual Evidence
I can tell the difference between explicit information and an inference.