Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Compare Perspectives

Learn about quoting accurately and making inferences on this site. A link provides a model with text and supported inferences.

Compare the text structures in two nonfiction passages in this tutorial.

Learn about the different perspectives that can be used in an informational text.

This quick activity includes a passage from an information text, and explains reading comprehension strategies to use to answer questions.

This article will help you evaluate informational text to determine whether an author's argument is supported by evidence or not. Click on Model to see a model with explanations and then click on Practice.

Learn how information in a text can be connected through compare and contrast, cause and effect, and sequence.

Reasons and evidence are given by the author to support topics or ideas. In this resource, learn about finding reasons and evidence in a text. Includes downloadable worksheet.

An article discussing how authors use reasons and evidence to support their ideas in a text. Site includes an example to help students find reasons and evidence.

Cause and Effect is a text organization structure and knowing this structure can help you in comprehending a text. Learn about these strategies on this site.

Get an example of how to identify an author's main idea in a text on this site. Also, learn how to recognize supporting ideas to main ideas presented in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2