Lessons tagged with "informational"
Identify the Main Topic
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, with prompting and support, students will identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Read and Comprehend Informational Text by Answering Questions about Topic
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson focuses on reading comprehension. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. (Also aligns with 3.RI.1.)
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on distinguishing between fact and opinion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and label each sentence as fact or opinion. Students must defend their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Chronological Order to Convey Information
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on using chronological order to convey information. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students put information in the correct chronological order and then write a paragraph to convey in information in chronological order. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Answer Who, When, and Where Questions
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Plan and Write Informational Text
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing unit covers how to write informational text. It includes planning and writing; revising by adding transitions; adding quotations; and rearranging, adding, or deleting sentences.
Identify and Interpret Propaganda
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying propaganda in the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read short sayings that include propaganda. Then, they decide which technique is being used (testimonial, over-generalization, bandwagon, faulty cause, and effect) and explain their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Write a Coherent Thesis Statement
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a coherent thesis statement. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the topic of the text and the controlling impression. Then, they read the remaining sentences to determine the author's reasoning as seen in supporting details. Finally, they combine the topic, controlling impression, and reasoning into a coherent thesis statement. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.
Identify the Parts of a Book
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This craft and structure lesson is focused on identifying parts of a book. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the different parts of a book, including author and/or illustrator. In addition to the lesson, there are multiple pages of independent practice and review. Consider incorporating actual books from around the classroom. This will give you more of a variety of what the students will see.
Recognize Types of Texts (Stories & Informational Text)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development