ELA21.1.35

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.35
With prompting and support, write an informative or explanatory text about a topic, using facts from a source and providing a sense of closure.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Informative or explanatory texts provide facts about a topic that were gathered from a research source.
Informative or explanatory writing should end with a sense of closure.

Skills

Students are able to:
With prompting and support,

Write an informative or explanatory text about a topic.
Use sources to find facts.
End the text by providing a sense of closure.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Informative or explanatory texts require research, provide facts or details about a topic, and end with a sense of closure.

Vocabulary

Informative
Explanatory
Topic
Facts
Source
Sense of closure
Prompting
Support

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