Objectives:
- Students will conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
- Students will gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
- Students will write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
- Students will introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g. headings), graphics (e.g. charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
- Students will engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
- Students will develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
- Students will use appropriate and varied transitions to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another,and create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
- Students will use precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
- Students will use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
- Students will provide a conclusion that follows form and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
- Students will produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Students will develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
- Students will produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Students will write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
I Can Statements:
- I can use multiple strategies to organize information.
- I can use charts, pictures, headings, etc. to organize information.
- I can support the topic with facts, details, quotes and/or examples.
- I can develop a point of view.
- I can use transitions to show relationships.
Bloom's: Level 3/4
Task List:
- Students will finish drafting their books.
- Students will begin working on their finished books. Note: Completed books are due on Friday, April 12th.
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