In an English/language arts classroom in Iowa, 10th graders are analyzing the rhetoric in books about computer geeks, fast food, teenage marketing, the working poor, chocolate-making, and ...

With the Common Core Standards came an increased focus on reading informational texts, starting with kindergarten. But integrating informational texts isn’t as simple as having students read a couple ...

However, reading informational texts often requires frequent stopping to analyze what’s been said, look at images, or relate the information to the larger lesson. Often, they should be read over ...