Informational Text What does the text say How

Informational Text. . . What does the text say? How does the text say it? CC 4: Text Features, Support, Evidence, Style CC 1: Summary, Gist, Topics This is your summary Determine: • The central idea • Specific evidence to support • Ideas in order of importance • Obvious/logical inferences This is the author’s craft & structure 1. How is the information organized? • Cause/effect, time, topic, compare/contrast, persuasion 2. 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? Is there more than one source? So. . . What does it mean to me? What does the text mean? CC 2: Purpose CC 6: Claim, Author’s Message This is the claim; the author’s intent • • • What is the author’s 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)? CC 7: Relevancy CC 9: Personal Connection This is where you make a connection to your life 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? Text: Text World: • • How is the text similar to other things I’ve read/watched? Have I read something like this before? • What does this remind me of in the real world? • How does this relate to the world around me? • How 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/page 68/assets/Close%20 and%Critical%Reading%20 bookmarks%20 June%202010. pdf