Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Show Understanding of Text

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.

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

Learn about the difference between a firsthand and secondhand accounts in a text on this site.

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.

Understand how to use content words and context clues to identify unknown words in a reading passage.

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.

Learn how to summarize a text based on the main idea and supporting details you found.

Learn how to summarize a section of a text with this site.

A reference article for students to learn about how to determine the main idea and supporting details from the text. Click on the Model for an example with explanation and then click on Practice for a practice exercise.