Writing an Informative Text about Understanding
Grade
Grade 6
UNIT
8
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Understanding
In Unit 8, Lesson 3, “Writing an Informative Text about Understanding,” students will write an informative text about one of the two people we learned about earlier in this unit—either Alan Turing or Chester Nez—focusing on how the person they choose demonstrated understanding. This informative text will examine the subject and convey information clearly.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
50 minutes
RELATED SUBJECT:
English Language Arts
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Conduct a short research project on a person of interest who demonstrates understanding 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.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 6 Unit 8 Worksheet 3: Writing an Informative Text about Understanding
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Today you will write an informative text of 2-3 pages about one of the two people we learned about earlier in this unit, who demonstrated understanding, either Alan Turing or Chester Nez.
- Find three different articles about your person and read them. Then write your informative text.
- The informative texts we write should do 10 things:
- Use 3 sources.
- Establish and maintain a formal style.
- Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow.
- Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories.
- 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.
- Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
- Provide a list of 3 sources.
- Your informative text will be shared with 3 classmates for peer review.
GRADE 6 UNIT 8 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING AN INFORMATIVE TEXT ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
Write a 2-3 page informative text about one of the two people we learned about earlier in this unit, who demonstrated understanding, either Alan Turing or Chester Nez. Your text should do the following things:
- Find and use three sources.
- Establish and maintain a formal style.
- Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow. Explain how the person showed understanding.
- Organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories.
- 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.
- Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. Explain what their understanding helped them to accomplish and what you learned from them.
- Include a list of 3 sources at the end.
- Your informative text will be shared with 3 classmates for peer review.
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