Explain how text features contribute to the meaning and identify the text structures of problem/solution, sequence, and description in texts.
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| Florida:: Florida's Representative Government | In the final lesson of this text unit series for Florida, by Tamra Orr, students will identify and explain a claim made by the author about Florida’s representative government, using text features as support. Students will discuss the various characteristics of Florida's citizens and gain an understanding of the impact of voting on the preservation of our republic, using the author’s claim as support.
This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource. |
| Florida: History of Florida Becoming a State | This is the 4th lesson in a unit using the text, Florida, by Tamra Orr. Students will identify text structure, locate relevant details within the text (including text features), and provide explanations for how those details support both explicit and implied central ideas presented by the author from sections of the text Florida, by Tamra Orr. Students will gain an understanding of how Florida became a U.S. controlled territory, build an explanation for why its Constitution was written, and describe the events that led to Florida becoming a state.
This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource. |
| Florida: Florida's National Role | In lesson 6 of this text unit series for Florida, by Tamra Orr, students will explain and support a claim made by the author, using text features. They will gain knowledge on the impact of voting in presidential elections on society and Florida’s significance in United States elections.
This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource. |
| Florida: Branches of the Government | This is lesson five of a civics integration unit that covers the text Florida by Tamra Orr. Students will record and analyze text features as they gain knowledge regarding the purposes and functions of the branches of government in this lesson.
This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource. |
| Reading of The Life and Times of the Ant | This lesson will provide an in depth look at informational text that is heavy with graphic features and links science to reading. By the completion of the lesson, the students will have studied the text features and text structure of an informational text. They will use information provided to explain an author’s claim. |
| Everglades Adventure | Students will take notes about the Everglades using a variety of resources. Students will identify appropriate text features that can be used to convey information. As a final product, students will practice their expository writing by creating an informational brochure about the Everglades that uses the description text structure and multiple text features. |
| Strategically Structured (Text Structures) | This lesson presents students with three types of text structures (description, sequence, and problem/solution). Students are able to identify clue words that categorize each text structure and create their own graphic organizers and pieces of writing for each text structure. |
| Text Features Made Easy Using News Magazines | In this lesson, students will use news magazines and articles to identify text features and explain how the text features contribute to their understanding of the informational text. |
| Creating an Outline from Research | In the independent practice activity, students will develop three research questions, conduct research and take notes to answer each question, and then classify and categorize the information they gathered into an outline form. The teacher modeling section uses the informational text Squanto's Journey by Joseph Bruchac (text not provided) and the guided practice activity uses a text titled "Creepy Cave Crawlers" (text provided with the lesson). |
| Informational Text Structure | In this lesson, students will become familiar with common text structures in order to improve their comprehension of non-fiction material. |
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| Comprehension: Plot Plan | In this activity, students will write the parts of a plot on a graphic organizer. |
| Comprehension: Plotting the Plot | In this activity, students will identify the components of a plot using a graphic organizer. |
| Comprehension: Story Element Ease | In this activity, students will identify and sort story elements (character, setting, problem, solution, theme, plot). They will then compare and contrast the elements of different stories. |
| Comprehension: Story Mapping | In this activity, students will identify story elements (character, setting, events, problem, solution) and record them in a graphic organizer. |
| Comprehension: Story Pieces | In this activity, students will answer questions related to story elements (characters, setting, plot, theme) and record their answers on a graphic organizer. |
| Comprehension: Text Feature Find | In this activity, students will locate text features and explain how they help the reader understand the text. |
| Comprehension: Text Structure Reflection | In this activity, students will identify text structures and complete corresponding graphic organizers. Multiple graphic organizers are provided, and a reference sheet is also provided that includes an explanation, signal words, and graphic organizer templates for each text structure. |
| Comprehension: Text Structure Sort | In this activity, students will sort sentences based on their text structures. As an extension activity, students can write about a topic using each text structure. |
| Comprehension: The Main Events | In this activity, students will sequence events in a story using a graphic organizer. |
| Comprehension: Write Cause or Effect | In this activity, students will identify the relationship between cause and effect. NOTE: This is an introductory activity for cause and effect. Students will need to extend their learning using text containing a cause/effect text structure to fully meet the expectations of the aligned standards. |
