ELA21.4.36

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

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.

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.

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.