Unlocking Information: Reading for Knowledge · Informational Reading

Main Idea and Supporting Evidence

Identifying the central claim of a passage and evaluating the facts used to support it.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do we distinguish between a minor detail and a key supporting point?
  2. 2What makes evidence credible in an informational text?
  3. 3How does an author summarize complex ideas without losing meaning?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Reading - Grade 4
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: Unlocking Information: Reading for Knowledge
Period: Informational Reading

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