3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:03: Reading and Writing Informational Text
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:24
  • Grade(s):5
Key Learning:

The unique features of various types of informational text are used to assist readers in understanding information. The reader must read critically to organize and interpret the information, checking for facts and opinions before drawing conclusions and conveying the information to others.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do we read and write informational text to learn and communicate to others what we have learned?
   
Concept:

Using Text Features

LA.5.2.2.4   LA.5.2.2.1   LA.5.1.7.1  
Concept:

Paraphrasing

LA.5.1.7.3   LA.5.1.6.10  
Concept:

Gathering and Evaluating Information

LA.5.6.3.2   LA.5.6.3.1   LA.5.6.2.2   LA.5.6.1.1   LA.5.2.2.5   LA.5.1.7.7   LA.5.1.7.4  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers locate, explain and use information from text features?

(A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How is summarizing/paraphrasing used to understand and restate main ideas in informational text?

(ET)

How is a thesaurus useful when paraphrasing?

(A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers use a variety of reliable media sources to gather information effectively?

(A)

How do readers read and record information systematically?

(A)

How does a reader organize and interpret information from a variety of sources to draw conclusions?

(A)

How do readers distinguish betweens facts, opinions, and bias information presented in print and non-print media?

 (A)

How do readers evaluate the validity and reliability of information by using several sources?

(A)
Vocabulary:

text features, types of text

Vocabulary:

paraphrasing, thesaurus, synonyms

Vocabulary:

bias, fact, opinion, propaganda, outline, timeline

Concept:

Respecting the Reader

LA.5.6.4.2   LA.5.6.4.1   LA.5.4.2.1   LA.5.3.5.3   LA.5.3.5.2   LA.5.3.5.1   LA.5.3.4.4   LA.5.3.4.3   LA.5.3.4.2   LA.5.3.4.1   LA.5.2.2.4   LA.5.1.7.3   LA.5.1.7.1   LA.5.1.6.10   LA.5.1.6.8  
Concept:

Punctuation

LA.5.3.4.3  
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How is information organized in a logical way for the audience?

(A)

How do writers use text features to help their readers understand information? (inductive reasoning)

 (ET)

How do writers revise and edit to make sure information can be understood by the reader?

(A)

How can writers use technology to publish an informational brochure that people would want to read?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I correctly use commas with clauses?

 (A)

How do writers use hyphens and how can I use hypens in my writing?

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In writing, how do I add direct quotes and use commas properly?

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How do I cite sources properly?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:

technology tools

Vocabulary:

clause, hyphen, direct quote, in-text citation

Vocabulary:

Additional Information:

Polk County Schools

Curriculum Map/Monthly Focus Calendar

Reading Comprehension Skill Sequence

October: Main Idea

November: Text Elements

(literary elements, text features, plot, etc.)

Embedded throughout the year:

*Reference and Research

*Vocabulary

*Summarizing

Harcourt Trophies

Week 7, October 5 - 9, 2009, Distant Voyages: A Changing Planet - "Summer of Fire!" by Patricia Lauber

Week 8, October 12 - 16, 2009, Distant Voyages: Team Work - "Woodsong" by Gary Paulson

Week 9, October 19 - 22, 2009, Distant Voyages: American Adventure - "Across the Wide Dark Sea" by Jean Van Leeuwen

Week 10, October 26 - 30, 2009, Distant Voyages: American Adventure - "Black Frontiers" by Lillian Schlissel

Week 11, November 2 - 6, 2009, Teacher Discretion: Trade books or stories for a cummulative review of What's the Main Point? and Reading and Writing Informational Text

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Acquisition Lesson:

1. How do readers use text features to preview and make predictions before reading a passage?2. How can readers identify the characteristics of a variety of types of texts?

Extending Thinking Lesson:

1. How do readers use text features to locate the main idea and author's purpose of a passage?

Vocabulary Report

  • text features -

    examples: headings, sub headings, captions, bullets, inset pictures, table of contents, glossary, index, transition words/phrases, charts, graphs, illustrations, bold/italized/highlighted words, etc.

  • paraphrasing -

    restating the meaning of something spoken or written in your own words

  • clause -

    a group of words having its own subject and predicate but forming only part of a compound or complex sentence (as "when it rained" or "they went inside" in the sentence, "When it rained, they went inside.")

  • technology tools -

    items used to publish information. (computers, etc...)

  • hyphen -

    punctuation mark (-) used to divide compound words or word elements

  • types of text -

    newspaper, magazines, reference, brochures, menus, advertisements, etc.

  • thesaurus -

    an alphabetical list of synonyms, sometimes including contrasting words (antonyms)

  • synonyms -

    words in a language that have similar meanings

  • bias -

    an attitude that always favors one way of thinking or feeling over any other

  • direct quote -

    when you copy exact information from a source - You must put quotation marks at the beginning and end of the quote.

  • fact -

    a detail or concept that can be proved to be true

  • in-text citation -

    when you provide information about the source in the text of your paper. Often, in-text citations include a signal phrase which gives the author's name and a parenthetical reference, which can include the author's name and the page number.

  • opinion -

    an idea or belief about something

  • propaganda -

    speaking or writing that attempts to persuade listeners or readers to accept a particular point of view

  • outline -

    a written sketch that shows main and sub-ideas

  • timeline -

    a graphic organizer that shows events in chronological order