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Name____________________________________________
Each member of your group will be reading an article on a specific topic. With your group,
you will become an expert on your topic and will teach it to another group who hasn’t yet
learned what you know.
As you read, please complete the following:
Main Idea
Key Point
What is the main idea of this article?
What is another important idea in this article?
Key Point
Author’s Purpose
What is another important idea in this article?
Why did the author write this article?
Now that you have read your article and filled out the information above, return to your
regular seat and explain what you have learned with your group.
Created by Robyn Young, Indianapolis, Indiana c2012
Non-Fiction Reading Selection
Facts
Questions
Responses
Opinion
Question
What is your opinion of what you read?
What is a question you have about what you read?
Inference
Prediction
What inferences can you make about what you read?
What predictions can you make about what you have
read?
Connections
What connections can you make between what you have read and your own life or the world around you?
Compiled by Robyn Young, Indianapolis, Indiana c2012