Writing an Informative Text about Curiosity

SUGGESTED TIME:

50 minutes

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RELATED SUBJECT:

English Language Arts

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Conduct a short research project on a person of interest who demonstrates curiosity and locate three sources on the chosen subject. 
• Write an informative text that examines a topic and conveys ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
• Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
• Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
• Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
• Establish and maintain a formal style.
• Provide a list of 3 sources.

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REQUIRED MATERIALS:

• Prohuman Grade 6 Unit 4 Worksheet 3: Writing an Informative Text about Curiosity

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ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET

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CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET

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LESSON PROCEDURE

• Today we will write an informative text about a person you find interesting who demonstrated curiosity. 
• Search online to find a person you would like to write about in your informative text. Find three different articles about your person and read them. Then write your informative text.
• Your informative text will be shared with three classmates for peer review.
• Write informative text on the board. The informative texts we write should do 10 things: 

1. Be 2-3 pages.
2. Include 3 sources.
3. Establish and maintain a formal style.
4. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow. Explain how the person showed curiosity.
5. Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories.
6. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
7. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
8. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
9. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. Explain what their curiosity helped them to accomplish and what you learned from them.
10. Include a list of 3 sources at the end.

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GRADE 6 UNIT 4 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING AN INFORMATIVE TEXT ABOUT CURIOSITY

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• Write an informative text about a person that you find interesting who demonstrates curiosity. 
• Your text will be shared with three classmates for peer review.

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Your text should do the following things:

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1. Be 2-3 pages. 
2. Include 3 sources. 
3. Establish and maintain a formal style.
4. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow. Explain how the person showed curiosity.
5. Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories.
6. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
7. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
8. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
9. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. Explain what their curiosity helped them to accomplish and what you learned from them.
10. Include a list of 3 sources at the end.

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