English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 6

ELA21.6.7b

Write informative or explanatory texts with an organized structure and a formal style, incorporating a focused point of view, a clear purpose, credible evidence, and technical word meanings.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple credible research sources.
  • Informative or explanatory text begins by clearly focusing on the topic, providing credible evidence, and ends with a conclusion.
  • Informative or explanatory writing should include academic, content-specific technical word meanings.

Skills

  • Gather credible information from multiple sources.
  • Write an informative or explanatory text with an organized structure and formal style that includes a focused point of view, clear purpose, credible evidence, and technical vocabulary words.

Understanding

  • Informative or explanatory writing follows a predictable text structure that includes a focused point of view, credible evidence, and ends with a conclusion.
  • They must gather their facts about the topic from multiple credible research sources.
  • Writers elaborate details included in the text by using formal academic, content-specific technical words.

Vocabulary

  • Informative text
  • Explanatory text
  • Organized structure
  • Formal style
  • Point of view
  • Clear purpose
  • Credible evidence
  • Technical word meaning
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