Becoming Experts Through Informational Text · Informational Reading

Comparing Two Texts

Finding similarities and differences in the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why might two authors write about the same topic in different ways?
  2. 2What information is missing from one text that is present in the other?
  3. 3How does reading two books on one topic make us better experts?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.9
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Becoming Experts Through Informational Text
Period: Informational Reading

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