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opinion. Why did they say that?

Why was this written?

Provides insight about the author’s Where is the author
historical, cultural, or geographical from?
origins, and how the information might
Where?
affect the point of view.
Where was this
information published?

Knowing whether a text is current or When was it written: past
not can greatly affect interpretation. or present?
By asking "when" questions, readers
When? can be sure to evaluate text in its
proper context. What important events
were happening at this
time?

Informational texts have unique How is it organized?
organizational structures that students
How?
must learn to identify in order to
access and understand information.

After Reading: By asking questions after reading, students assimilate new information and incorporate it
into their lives. Ask students to summarize new ideas in their own words and analyze their interpretations
by pointing to specific details in texts.

• What have I learned?
Encourage students to incorporate new vocabulary as they summarize main ideas and
important details. Ask questions about implied themes and ideas and encourage them to
make connections to their own experience. To assess comprehension about multiple-step
directions, you may want to ask students to provide guidance to a partner using information
provided from an instructional passage.

• How would I organize this information?
One way to have students evaluate new information is to chart questions in graphic
organizers to identify new information and develop questions for further research.

Keeping the above questions in mind, let’s take a look at a sample passage to see how this information
might be presented in a few test questions.

Question

Read the passage and answer the question below.

“I was born in a log cabin. I came to my pioneer mother in one of Wisconsin's bitterest winters. Twenty-
one years later I was sailing for England, the wife of a diplomat who was one of Boston's wealthy and
aristocratic sons.”

What do we know about the person telling the story?