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4.11 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

    (B) Summarize the main idea and supporting details in text in ways that maintain meaning.

    (C) Describe explicit and implicit relationships among ideas in texts organized by cause-and-effect, sequence, or comparison.

    (D)  Use multiple text features (e.g., guide words, topic and concluding sentences) to gain an overview of the contents of text and to locate information.

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The student must be able to: 

·         compare and contrast the similarities and differences between two expository texts.

Students will be able to:

·         summarize an expository text using textual evidence.

·         describe the relationship between stated and implied ideas in an expository text.

·         use text features of an expository text to locate information.

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Websites: 

Storyline Online

Teach Your Monster to Read

Reading-rewards.com

Read Works.org