Reading Informational Texts

Finding and teaching nonfiction passages from history, science, and other sources can be a challenge, even for seasoned teachers. However, the annotated passages in Reading Informational Texts help both teachers and students by revealing rhetorical techniques, explaining historical context, and clarifying logical arguments.

Each book in this series will help you add challenging nonfiction passages to your curriculum and contains several reading selections drawn from multiple subject areas, including law, history, science, and politics.

Every text includes a detailed justification of the passage's selection, with notes on quantitative and qualitative measures of text difficulty, detailed annotations to clarify text meaning, and short answer questions tied to each requirement of the Common Core for reading informational texts.