Explain the plot of a narrative, using textual evidence to list the major events in sequence.
Arizona Academic Standards:
2.RI.7
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RI.2.7
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE2RI7
Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
RI.2.7
Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. For example, in a social studies unit on understanding the information in different types of maps and how to use a world atlas, students compare the physical geography of North America and Africa. They interpret maps and read how geography influenced the life of a Kenyan woman who used her knowledge to restore fertility to the land. Among the books they read at different levels of complexity are Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter, Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World by Jen Cullerton Johnson, and Planting the Trees of Kenya, the Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire Nivola. (RI.2.1, RI.2.7, SL.2.1)
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
RI.2.7
Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
Tennessee Academic Standards:
2.RI.IKI.7
Identify and explain how illustrations and words contribute to and clarify a text.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.2.2.G
Explain how graphic representations contribute to and clarify a text.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
2.RC.17.RI
Explain how specific visual images (e.g., charts, graphs, illustrations) contribute to and clarify a text.
2nd Grade Reading - Illustrations in Informational Texts Lesson
Illustrations in Informational Text
An illustration is a drawing, map, photograph, or other picture in a text. Illustrations tell the reader more about the passage and help the reader understand the topic.
When you read, look at the illustrations in the passage carefully. They can show:
2nd Grade Reading - Illustrations in Informational Texts Lesson