Reading+Applications_+Informational,+Technical+and+Persuasive+Text

Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text //Students gain information from reading for purposes of learning about a subject, doing a job, making decisions and accomplishing a task. Students need to apply the reading process to various types of informational texts, including essays, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, instruction manuals, consumer and workplace documents, reference materials, multimedia and electronic resources. They learn to attend to text features, such as titles,// //subtitles and visual aids, to make predictions and build text knowledge. They learn to read diagrams, charts, graphs, maps and displays in text as sources of additional information. Students use their knowledge of text structure to organize content information, analyze it and draw inferences from it. Strategic readers learn to recognize arguments, bias, stereotyping and propaganda in informational text sources.//

Grade 2 Benchmarks and Indicators A. Use text features and structures to organize content, draw conclusions and build text knowledge. B. Ask clarifying questions concerning essential elements of informational text. C. Identify the central ideas and supporting details of informational text. D. Use visual aids as sources to gain additional information from text. E. Evaluate two- and three-step directions for proper sequencing and completeness.