Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Relevant information is connected closely to the topic and purpose of the text.
- Reliable information is information that appears consistently in a variety of texts.
- Valid information is considered to be accurate information.
- Research information can be sourced from nonfiction and fictional printed and/or digital text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Read a variety of texts to determine their relevance to a particular occasion.
- Read a variety of texts to determine the reliability of the presented information.
- Read a variety of texts and determine the validity of the information.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- It is important to determine the relevance, reliability, and validity of a text before utilizing its ideas in discussion, writing, or research.
Vocabulary
- Relevance
- Reliability
- Validity
- Nonfiction text
- Fiction text
- Digital text
- Printed text
