NONFICTION ANALYSIS GUIDES

Polk Bros. Foundation Center for Urban Education

These guides can be used with any text. 

They include graphic organizers into which students input relevant ideas and information

Most of the guides end with a short constructed response task.  

If students complete the guide independently and then

           pair, compare, repair (improve), they will learn more!

Comprehension of Nonfiction Text—Science or Social Science

• Content Vocabulary                                                                                      
• Nonfiction Readers Analyze Structure and Viewpoints.
• Constructed Response Organizer            
• Compare and contrast—a variation on the Venn           

Analyze Different Sources—Science of Social Science                                                                                        

• Compare Articles.                                                                                        
• Compare a Central Idea Across Multiple Texts.                                         
• Compare three sources on the same situation.            
• Compare Information in a video and an article about the same topic.                        
• Integrate information from 3 sources.      

Evaluate Support for a Claim – Social Science or Science Issues                          

• Use Evidence to Show How a Writer Supports a Claim.          
• Compare two sources that make the same claim.                     
• Evaluate the Strength of Evidence.                                                     
• Evaluate Support for a Claim.                                                                
• Think Clearly: Analyze Support a Position.                                      
• Improve an Argument.                                                                               

History Analyzers                                

• History Thinker: Analyze then Summarize.                                      
• I Can Draw Conclusions: History Analysis                                     
• Analyze History: Challenge  Choice Changes.                

 More Nonfiction Analysis Guides and Sources

 Assessments     Posters     Lesson Plans  NWEA Vocabulary

Reference Sources and Tools list based on NWEA

One-Page Nonfiction Readings to Apply Strategies and Assess Competence

Nonfiction and Fiction One-Page Readings

with skill-focused multiple choice questions and graphic organizers

Paired Nonfiction and Fiction Readings

More Resources