Tips for Informational Reading

We've finished Fever 1793, and what a wonderful book it was!  Your next task will be to research a contagious disease.  Before we can do that, we will review how to read an informational text so that transferring what you have read into writing can be a smooth transition.

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Things to consider when reading an informational text:

• Preview nonfiction text
• Determine unfamiliar words
• Ask and answer questions about the text
• Find the main idea of a section of non-fiction text
• Find the main idea of the article
• Check understanding by teaching
• Consider author's purpose