Informational Text

  • Guidelines for a Safe Environment

    Guidelines for a Safe Environment

    Students will review online protocol while researching
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    Informational Text

  • Author's Purpose

    Author's Purpose

    Students will learn about why author's write.
  • Author's Point-of-View

    Author's Point-of-View

    Students will learn about author's point-of-view
  • Central Idea

    Central Idea

    Students will learn how to determine the cetral idea of an article and analyze its development over the course of a text.
  • I Do

    I Do

    For three to four days, students will follow along as I model how to write a constructed response for determining central idea.
  • We Do

    We Do

    Students will work in collaboration with me to complete the central idea worksheet.
  • We Do-Small Group

    We Do-Small Group

    In smaller groups of 3-4, students will continue to practice determining the central idea and supporting details.
  • You Do-Pairs

    You Do-Pairs

    Students working in pairs, will continue practice with new articles.
  • You Do

    You Do

    Individually, on their own, students practice determining the central idea and supporting details.
  • Formative Assessment

    Formative Assessment

    Over two days, students will take the formative assesment or unit test.