Uses a variety of skills and strategies to comprehend complex non-fiction and informational text
Using a variety of strategies and research-based skills to comprehend complex non-fiction and informational text is an essential skill that a high school student must develop. Opportunities to develop these skills should take place in all content areas. Skills and strategies include the following:
- Understanding the organization, structure, and elements of nonfiction and information text
- Using graphic features such as titles, subheadings, photos, illustrations, charts, and tables
- Using organizational features such as sequence, description, problem-solution, compare/contrast, cause/effect, main idea/detail, chronological order, or classification
- Generating questions to understand context
- Discussing ideas in small and large groups
- Relating new information to prior knowledge and experience
- Evaluating information critically based on relevancy, objectivity, and reliabilityv
- Restating or summarizing information by determining main ideas and supporting details
- Analyzing the logic and use of evidence in author's argument
- Drawing conclusions based on facts and inferences
- Synthesizing information from multiple sources