Ms. Zinn - Nonfiction
Nonfiction Unit Overview
Nonfiction Unit Overview
Across the second quarter and into the third, we will be starting our nonfiction unit in Language Arts. Across this unit, students will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts including newspaper articles, essays, magazines, and novels. For this unit, I have decided to try to split the unit into multiple parts so that students are not overwhelmed when it comes to the summative assessments. Although this will split up the standards into more easily-digestible parts, it will mean more summative assessments for this unit. The tentative dates for the assessments as well as the specific standards in each are listed below:
Across the second quarter and into the third, we will be starting our nonfiction unit in Language Arts. Across this unit, students will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts including newspaper articles, essays, magazines, and novels. For this unit, I have decided to try to split the unit into multiple parts so that students are not overwhelmed when it comes to the summative assessments. Although this will split up the standards into more easily-digestible parts, it will mean more summative assessments for this unit. The tentative dates for the assessments as well as the specific standards in each are listed below:
- Nonfiction Unit Test Part I: Thursday, December 12th
- 7.6a, 7.6b, & 7.6g
- Nonfiction Unit Test Part II: Tuesday, January 4th
- 7.6d, 7.6h, & 7.6i
- Nonfiction Unit Test Part III: TBD (Aiming for 02/18)
- 7.6e, 7.6f, & 7.6j
- Nonfiction Book Club Research Project: Due 02/28
- 7.6i, 7.6e, 7.6f, 7.6k, 7.6m
- Additionally:
- 7.9a: Formulate and revise questions about a research topic
- 7.9b: Collect, organize, and sythesize information from multiple sources
- 7.9c: Analyze and evaulate the validity and credibility of resources
- 7.9d: Quote, summarize, and paraphrase information from primary and secondary sources using proper citation
- 7.3e: Craft and publish audience-specific media messages.
Goals & Standards
Goals & Standards
The standards we will be focusing on are listed below:
The standards we will be focusing on are listed below:
- 7.6a) Skim materials using text features including type, headings, and graphics to predict and categorize information.
- 7.6b) Identify an author's organizational pattern using textual clues, such as transitional words and phrases.
- 7.6c) Make inferences and draw logical conclusions using explicit and implied textual evidence.
- 7.6d) Differentiate between fact and opinion
- 7.6e) Identify the source, viewpoint, and purpose of texts
- 7.6f) Describe how word choice and language structure convey an author's viewpoint.
- 7.6g) Identify the main idea.
- 7.6h) Summarize text identifying supporting details.
- 7.6i) Create an objective summary, including main idea and supporting details.
- 7.6j) Identify cause-and-effect relationships.
- 7.6k) Organize and synthesize information for use in written and other formats.
- 7.6l) Analyze ideas within and between selections providing textual evidence.
- 7.6m) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.