Unit 3- Understanding Characteristics, Structure, and Purpose Across Multiple Genres
In this unit...
Students will understand that …
Language is written and printed in an organized manner.
Words and images impact meaning.
Effective readers use strategies to construct meaning in a variety of genres.
Writing is a process.
A writer’s purpose, audience, and text structure shape the style, development, and organization of reading and writing.
Punctuation and grammar guide readers through the text.
Listening and speaking are critical components to communicate effectively.
Students will keep considering the following questions:
Why do words and images matter?
What do good readers do?
How do I understand what I read?
How can I effectively communicate ideas?
Students will work on the following skills/concepts:
informational text has characteristics and structures that help the reader understand text.
communication changes when moving from one genre of media to another.
every move a writer makes has a purpose and can have an impact beyond the original intent.
argumentative text is written to demonstrate to an audience that a certain position or idea is valid and that others are not.
informational compositions give accurate and factual information about a topic using a clear central idea.
Students will be skilled at:
making connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
making inferences and using text evidence to support understanding.
responding to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard or viewed.
analyzing plot elements, including the sequence of events, conflict, and resolution in literary texts.
recognizing characteristics and structures of informational text including the central idea with supporting evidence.
explaining the author’s purpose and message within a text.
using the writing process recursively to compose argumentative and informational texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
Critical Vocabulary
multimodal
structure
central idea
evidence
conflict
plot
relationship
resolution
setting
first‐person point of view
third‐person point of view
prepositions
prepositional phrases
(bolded words are new to grade level)
Unit 3 Test- January 12th
Standards Being Assessed:
-use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words.
-make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
-use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
-infer the theme of a work, distinguishing theme from topic.
-analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution.
-recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including; features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support for understanding.
-comparative and superlative adjectives