Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple research sources.
- Informative or explanatory text begins by introducing the topic, provides facts and relevant details, and ends with a conclusion.
- Elaboration means supplying additional information about details by using academic vocabulary or including text features.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Gather information from multiple sources.
- Write an informative or explanatory text using information gathered from sources.
- Write an informative or explanatory text with a clear, organized structure.
- Elaborate on details included in the text using academic vocabulary or text features.
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 multiple research sources.
- Writers elaborate details included in the text by using formal academic vocabulary and text features.
Vocabulary
- Informative text
- Explanatory text
- Sources
- Topic
- Organizational structure
- Details
- Elaboration
