ELAR 2.9
Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:
- (1) demonstrate knowledge of
distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's
literature such as folktales, fables, and fairy tales;
- (A) explain visual patterns and structures in a variety of poems;
- (B) discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, and setting;
- (C) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
- (D) the central idea and supporting
evidence with adult assistance;
- (i) features and graphics to locate and gain information; and
- (ii) organizational patterns such as chronological order and cause and effect stated explicitly;
- (iii) recognize characteristics of persuasive text, including:
- (E) stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader
to think or do; and
- (i) distinguishing facts from opinion; and
- (ii) recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
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Publishing a Recipe Book
A 60 minute lesson in which students will publish a simple recipe for bush stew.
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Independent Writing - How to Make Nature Stew
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a recipe for nature stew.
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Guided Writing - How To Make Fruit Salad
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple recipe for fruit salad in small groups.
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Simon Says!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore action verbs, common nouns, and adverbial phrases in procedures.
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Procedural Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of procedures.
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Procedural Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of procedures.
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Instruct Me!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how procedures provide instructions about completing a task.
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For or Against?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate reasons for and against a situation or topic.