Blog post #7 Reading Informational Texts

On this weeks reading of the NES practice book there were several things that I recognized as important such as the need for evaluating reasoning, evidence, and examples in persuasive texts as well as the extensive information on poetry. Both of which are important for teaching in a secondary education setting.These ideas also flow into the common core standards for reading informational texts and are demonstrated in the NES book by breaking down each of the concepts. i.e. -Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. Since students are held to these standards it makes sense that this type of information would also need to be provided and understood for the NES.