Key text features found in most informational texts are a table of contents, index, glossary, photographs and illustrations, labels, captions, comparisons, cutaways, maps, close-ups and types of print ...

In an English/language arts classroom in Iowa, 10th graders are analyzing the rhetoric in books about computer geeks, fast food, teenage marketing, the working poor, chocolate-making, and ...

Informational texts have a lot of possibility in the classroom--here's how to get the most from them With the Common Core Standards came an increased focus on reading informational texts, starting ...

With the Common Core Standards came an increased focus on reading informational texts, starting with kindergarten. But integrating informational texts isn’t as simple as having students read a couple ...