Investigating Informational Texts · Informational Reading

Objective Summarization

Developing the skill of distilling large amounts of information without personal bias.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can a reader distinguish between essential information and illustrative detail?
  2. 2What are the challenges of summarizing a text that presents multiple conflicting viewpoints?
  3. 3How does the omission of certain facts change the overall message of a summary?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9.b
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Investigating Informational Texts
Period: Informational Reading

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