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Analyze Chronological Order in Text
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.

Revise Writing
This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by inserting transition sentences between paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the topic of each paragraph, determine the relationship between them, and then write a transitional sentence using one of six types of transitions that best fits the text.

Write an Expository Problem-and-Solution Composition
This writing applications lesson focuses on writing a problem and solution essay. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the topic or problem. Then, they list three possible solutions and persuasive evidence to support each solution. Next, they select the best solution of the three and defend their answer. Last, students write a problem and solution essay that includes an intro, body, and conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Choose the Form of Writing for the Purpose (Entertain, Inform, or Persuade)
This writing strategies lesson focuses on choosing the form of writing that suits the intended purpose. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a scenario and identify any clue words that help to identify the intended purpose. Then, they select the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose (factual report, persuasive essay, movie review, narrative, etc.). In addition to the lesson, there are nine pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Revise Writing to Improve Organization of Ideas Between Paragraphs
This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing to improve the organization of ideas between paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage, noticing the underlined repeated words or ideas. Then, using synonyms and transitions, students improve the organization and flow of the text through revising. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Revise Writing to Improve Organization of Ideas Within Paragraphs
This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing to improve the organization of ideas within paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify the main idea in each paragraph. Then, they identify any details that do not relate to the main idea. Finally, students answer the corresponding questions. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Write a Concluding Paragraph for Expository Text
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a concluding paragraph for expository text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. Then, they select the best sentence to add to the end of the text to build a better conclusion and write a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are six pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Plan an Opinion Piece
W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.6.1.AW.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
W.6.1.BW.6.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
W.6.1.CW.6.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
W.6.1.DW.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.1.EW.6.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
This writing lesson covers how to plan an opinion piece. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the topic and decide their position about it. Then they identify three appeals for their position, focusing on logical, emotional, and ethical. They also restate their position for a summary. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of new topics for review.

Write an Opinion Piece
W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.6.1.AW.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
W.6.1.BW.6.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
W.6.1.CW.6.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
W.6.1.DW.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.1.EW.6.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
This writing lesson covers how to write an opinion piece. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students write an introduction that introduces the topic and states their position. Then, they write paragraphs that use logical, emotional, or ethical appeals to the audience. Finally, they write a summary paragraph that restates their position. These sentences are based on the planning charts created in the Plan an Opinion Piece lesson. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of new topics for review.

Plan Informative Text
W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.6.2.AW.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
W.6.2.BW.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
W.6.2.CW.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
W.6.2.DW.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
W.6.2.EW.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.2.FW.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
This writing lesson covers how to plan informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the research and identify related information that is needed to complete a graphic organizer. Then they complete the graphic organizer which asks for topic, three facts and details, and a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.

Plan and Write Informative Text
W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.6.2.AW.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
W.6.2.BW.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
W.6.2.CW.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
W.6.2.DW.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
W.6.2.EW.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.2.FW.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
This writing lesson covers how to write informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students write at least one complete sentence for each section of the planning chart completed in the Plan Informative Text lesson. Then, they use an editing checklist to identify and correct any errors. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of topics for review and extended thinking.

Edit Text
In this Common Core writing lesson, students will practice rereading and editing texts. In this lesson, students will edit texts for proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, correct verb and pronoun tenses, and varied sentence types. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

Recognize Descriptive Phrases
This writing lesson covers how to recognize descriptive details, such as adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the descriptive phrase, then identify which word the phrase describes. Finally, they will determine what the descriptive phrase gives more details about. Also, passages of descriptive text are provided with questions about the descriptive phrases.

Use Descriptive Phrases
This writing lesson covers how to use descriptive phrases, such as adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases to be more precise. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given a basic sentence along with instructions for adding a type of feeling, color, motion, shape, etc. Students select the most precise descriptive phrase and rewrite the sentence with the new phrase.

Pland and Write a Narrative
This writing lesson requires students to write a previously planned narrative. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, Students take their notes from the previous lesson and write a first draft of their narrative and edit their composition.

Determine the Meaning of Words Using Roots & Affixes
This language/vocabulary lesson covers how to determine the meaning of words using roots and affixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to analyze words in a sentence based on given root definitions.