Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from research sources.
- Informative or explanatory text begins by introducing the topic, provides facts and relevant details, and ends with a conclusion.
- Elaboration means to supply additional information about a detail by using academic vocabulary or by including text features.
- Academic vocabulary is more formal and specific than spoken language.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Gather information from sources.
- Write an informative or explanatory text using information gathered from sources.
- Write an informative or explanatory text that begins with introducing the topic, provides facts and details about the topic, and ends with a conclusion.
- Elaborate on details included in the text using academic vocabulary.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Informative or explanatory writing follows a predictable text structure that includes introducing the topic, providing facts or additional details about the topic, and ends with a conclusion.
- They must gather their facts about the topic from a research source.
- Writers elaborate details included in the text by using formal academic vocabulary and text features.
Vocabulary
- Informative text
- Explanatory text
- Topic
- Sources
- Academic vocabulary
- Introduction
- Facts
- Details with elaboration
- Conclusion
