Unit 2: Westward Expansion - Understanding Perspectives

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Reading.GoldRush(Q).pdf

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Unit Standards

RI.5.1 - I can accurately quote a text when providing evidence.
RI.5.2 - I can summarize nonfiction texts.
RI.5.4 - I can determine the meaning of academic words and phrases.
RI.5.5 - I can determine the overall text structure of an informational text.
RI.5.6 - I can analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
RI.5.9 - I can integrate information from several texts on the same topic to write about the subject knowledgeably.

Standards in bold are the essential standards for the unit.

RUoS Unit 2: Reader's Workbook SY23

Student

Workbooks

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See this resource for anchor charts and other useful graphic organizers specific to this unit. Students will have their own hardcopy with a purple cover.

Questions to ask your student as they read nonfiction texts in this unit.

Summarize the text. When summarizing, remember to:
- write about more than one main idea
- include carefully selected details to support each main idea
- keep your summary brief
- write about the ideas in the text, not your own opinions
Explain the craft technique(s) the author used in this section and why the author may have used this technique(s). Also, if the author had made different craft choices, how would that have affected the text? When analyzing author’s craft, remember to:
- identify craft technique(s) the author used
  - word choice, dialogue, repetition, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, tone, mood, tension, sensory text features, graphic features, text structure, punctuation
- write about the writerly goal(s) the author seems to have been aiming toward
- use academic language
- elaborate on how these technique(s) support the author’s goals, writing at least a few sentences
- as part of the above, write about how the text would have been different if the author had made different craft choices
In the text, what is the relationship between __________________ and __________________? Describe the relationship and your ideas about it. When inferring about relationships within a text, remember to:
- write about the major relationships between subtopics or ideas
- include your own ideas about interactions between ideas or key concepts
- use academic vocabulary
Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic. When comparing and contrasting, remember to:
- write about how the information in one text was somewhat different (and somewhat the same) as the information in the other text
- compare and contrast the texts (or parts of texts) in terms of perspective, craft, and/or structure
- think about which author is on which side of the disagreement (when texts contradict each other), and try to figure out why the two authors might each say something different

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