Units of Study
Module One: Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn
This module focuses on reading and listening to literature. Informational texts are used to gather specific details, determine central ideas, and reinforce reading fluency. Students read informational text with a focus on determining main ideas and supporting details, visual aids, using context clues to determine word meanings, and fluency.
Modules Two and Three: Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others
In this module, students read various informational and literary texts related to a topic. With an emphasis on making inferences, summarizing informational text, and basic research (note-taking and pulling together information from a variety of texts), this module fosters students’ abilities to synthesize information from multiple sources and integrate research into their writing.
Module Four and Five: Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions
In these modules, students consider perspectives and support opinions by reading and integrating information from at least two texts of the same topic. They compare and contrast an event of a topic told from two different points of view.
Module Six: Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others
In this module, students read various informational pieces about a topic and gather evidence. They form an understanding of the issues surrounding a topic and create an engaging product that explains the effect of the informational topic by adding visual displays, audio recordings, and other media formats.