Using Texts to Create Meaning
Students will read both informational and literary texts to determine how an author uses structure and story elements to create meaning. Students will read, write and discuss these findings, with a focus on utilizing relevant key details.
Essential Outcomes
Reading
- 5R1: Locate and refer to relevant details and evidence when explaining what a text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences.
- 5R3: In literary texts, compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, and events, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL) In informational texts, explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts based on specific evidence from the text. (RI)
- 5R7: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to meaning of literary and informational texts.
Reading Foundations – Fluency
- 5RF4: Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Language
- 5L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- 5L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- 5L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Writing
- 5W5: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to respond and support analysis, reflection, and research by applying the Grade 5 Reading Standards.
- 5W7: Recall relevant information from experiences or
gather relevant information from multiple sources; summarize or paraphrase; avoid plagiarism and provide a list of sources.
Speaking and Listening
- 5SL1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners; express ideas clearly and persuasively, and build on those of others.
All Standards Addressed in This Unit
- 5R1, 5R3, 5R4, 5R6, 5R7, 5R9
- 5RF3, 5RF4
- 5L1 , 5L2, 5L3, 5L4, 5L5, 5L6
- 5W2, 5W5, 5W6, 5W7
- 5SL1 -5SL6
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
- How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
- Comparing and contrasting ideas help readers build understanding.
- How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
- Texts provide details and evidence to support logical inferences.
- How do readers know what information is relevant?
- Writers use information/evidence/details to explain a topic
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