The standards also emphasize domain - specific vocabulary and informative writing, requiring that students read
texts that provide rich subject - area content and models of
expository structures.
The second unit, Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and
Text Structures, addresses essential skills for reading expository nonfiction, such as ascertaining main ideas, recognizing text infrastructure, comparing texts, and thinking critically, as well as the skills for reading narrative nonfiction, such as determining importance by using knowledge of story struct
Text Structures, addresses essential skills for reading
expository nonfiction, such as ascertaining main ideas, recognizing
text infrastructure, comparing texts, and thinking critically, as well as the skills for reading narrative nonfiction, such as determining importance by using knowledge of story struct
text infrastructure, comparing
texts, and thinking critically, as well as the skills for reading narrative nonfiction, such as determining importance by using knowledge of story
structure.