Read Like This: Using Informational Text Strategies

Now review the following reading strategies, which are useful steps to follow when reading informational text.

Another strategy authors use to convey meaning is the organizational structure of their text. Understanding these ways will help you discover the subject, details and organization of an informational text.  Explore how informational text can be organized. Download the Organizational Structure of Text Information Sheet.

On the next page, you will be presented with a research scenario that will allow you to apply strategies for reading informational text, as well as check your knowledge about text features and organizational structure as you read informational text.