Reading

Interpreting Information through text features

The focus of this unit is for students to analyze and interpret information from charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements of a webpage and explain how those text features contribute to the understanding of the text in which they appear. Students read multiple informational texts on a topic, using skimming and scanning strategies to develop a general overview and use text features to locate, organize and categorize information. Students will determine the main idea(s) of the text and explain how an author intentionally selects text features that support a particular message they wish to convey. Throughout the unit, students work towards being able to integrate information from multiple texts or parts of texts on the same topic to write or speak knowledgeably about the subject.