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2.01 - Organize Ideas in Informational Writing

2.02 - Gather & Check Your Information

2.03 - Cite Your Sources

2.04 - Introduce Your Ideas

2.05 - What's Your Big Idea?

2.06 - Don't Leave It Hanging

2.07 - Wrap Up Your Ideas

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2.02 - Gather & Check Your Information

• Worksheet  |  Help Video  |  Example

• Choose one of the following articles:

  • 1.  Minutes That Matter

    2.  Defeating Dragons

    3.  Food That Fuels

2.07 - Wrap Up Your Ideas

• Worksheet  |  Help Guide  |  Video

2.09 - Publish and Polish Your Work

• Worksheet

2.10 (Adv Only) - Getting to Know You

• Worksheet

Standards:

State Standards for Language Arts 1

National Standards for Language Arts 1

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Enhanced Assignment - Module 2

Analyzing informational texts

• H.2 Read about famous places video

Writing strategies - Expository writing

• N.1 Order topics from broadest to narrowest

• N.2 Organize information by topic

Research Skills

• T.2 Evaluate newspaper headlines for biases

• T.3 Recognize the parts of a Works Cited MLA entry

• T.4 Use in-text MLA citations 

• T.5 Identity and correct plagiarism 

Analyzing informational texts

• H.1 Read about animals

• H.2 Read about famous places

• H.3 Read passages about business and technology 

• H.4 Read about science and nature

• H.5 Read about history

Text structure 

• E.1 Compare and contrast in informational texts

• E.2 Match causes and effects in informational texts

• E.3 Match problems with their solutions

• E.4 Identify text structures

Comparing Texts

• L.1 Compare information from two texts

• L.2 Compare two texts with different genres

Visual elements

• M.1 Compare illustrations of literary and historical subject

• M.2 Read graphic organizers (Priority Standard)

There is NO Module 2 Exam

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