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8th grade

Non-fiction Reading Unit

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Essential/Focus Questions

  • How does knowing the purpose of an informational text help to understand the author’s claim or intent?
  • Why do authors of informational text use different features to make sure that the readers understand their purpose and intent?

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Essential/Focus Questions

3. How does the structure of an informational text piece lend to the understanding of the text and what the author is trying to communicate?

4. How does analyzing content-specific words and phrases help in the understanding of informational text?

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Essential/Focus Questions

5. How can readers figure out or deduce an author’s claim, intent or argument in a piece of informational text?

6. How can readers of informational text determine if the evidence supports the author’s claim and has supporting details that align with the claim/main idea?

7. Why is it necessary for authors of informational text to acknowledge opposing viewpoints or opposing evidence?

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Essential/Focus Questions

8. Why should readers of informational text look to videos, blogs, digital media, infographs, etc., as well?

9. Why do readers of informational text need to look at multiple texts on the topic they are studying?

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Key Concepts

* analyze

* evidence

* author’s purpose

* inference

* central idea

* point-of-view

* claim

* supporting ideas

* compare/contrast

* text features

* evaluate

* text structures