Ready - Set - Aim
Informational Text
Day 2: Station 4

Find the Central Idea

Look at Text Features

READY

Annotate Each Paragraph

​Think about all of the components of informational text including the text structure.

Set

• Read the question carefully, at least 2 times

• Find and underline target words

• Look for words like NOT, or DON'T that try to trick you.

• Look up words that you don't know in the dictionary.

Aim

• As you answer questions, find evidence in the text.

• Highlight or write down your evidence.

• Read every answer choice 2 times

• Eliminate answer choices that are incorrect.

• Identify the correct answer.