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Paradise Lost

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Paradise Lost

URL:

https://www.readworks.org/article/Paradise-Lost/ae164a9a-91c7-44b4-bfcb-f81a1c27bd22#!articleTab:content/

Content Source:

Other
ReadWorks.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. Students will interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can provide the background information needed for students to design a solution for cleaning a polluted environment, serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept, or be used as an assessment at the conclusion of a lesson.

Content Standard(s):

Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 5	17 ) Design solutions, test, and revise a process for cleaning a polluted environment (e.g., simulating an oil spill in the ocean or a flood in a city and creating a solution for containment and/or cleanup).* NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: E4.10: The supply of many Earth resources such as fuels, metals, fresh water, and farmland is limited. Humans have devised methods for extending the use of Earth resources through recycling, reuse, and renewal. NAEP Statement:: E4.11: Humans depend on their natural and constructed environment. Humans change environments in ways that can either be beneficial or detrimental for themselves and other organisms. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth and Human Activity Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Collaboratively design solutions, test, and revise a process for cleaning a polluted environment. Teacher Vocabulary: Design Solution Test Revise Polluted Environment Engineer Technology Knowledge: Students know: Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life can have major effects, both positive and negative, on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. Individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth's resources and environments. Research on a problem should be carried out before beginning to design a solution. Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. At whatever stage, communicating with peers about proposed solutions is an important part of the design process, and shared ideas can lead to improved designs. Skills: Students are able to: Use grade-appropriate information from research about a given problem, including the causes and effects of the problem and relevant scientific information. Generate at least two possible solutions to the problem based on scientific information and understanding of the problem. Specify how each design solution solves the problem. Share ideas and findings with others about design solutions to generate a variety of possible solutions. Describe the necessary steps for designing a solution to a problem, including conducting research and communicating with others throughout the design process to improve the design [note: emphasis is on what is necessary for designing solutions, not on a step-wise process]. Understanding: Students understand that: Engineers improve existing technologies or develop new ones to: increase benefits, decrease known risks, and/or meet societal demands. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Dynamics of Ecosystems Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.5.17- Identify a way humans can prevent or reverse pollution of the environment.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	5. Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 5. Fluency Independently Literary text Informational text Stories Dramas Poetry Cross-curricular texts Knowledge: 5. Students know: Fluency is the ability to read, write, or speak at a pace that does not negatively impact meaning or understanding. Responding to text through writing and speaking demonstrates comprehension. Skills: 5. Students are able to: Independently read grade-level literary and informational text fluently. Demonstrate fluency when writing. Demonstrate fluent speech. Understanding: 5. Students understand that: The ability to read fluently supports comprehension, or understanding, of the text. The ability to write and speak fluently helps clearly communicate with others. One way to demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational text is to respond in writing or through speaking.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	16. Demonstrate comprehension of varied literary and informational texts by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 16. Comprehension Literary text Informational text Discussing Writing Response Knowledge: 16. Students know: Comprehension of text can be demonstrated by referring to the text in discussions or written responses. Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional. Skills: 16. Students are able to: Demonstrate understanding of varied literary and informational text by referring to the text in discussions. Demonstrate understanding of varied literary and informational text by referring to the text in written responses. Understanding: 16. Students understand that: They can show that they understood a wide variety of literary and informational text by discussing or writing about specific content from the text.

Tags:

amazon, biodiversity, deforestation, design solutions, informational text, polluted environment, rainforest

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://about.readworks.org/terms-of-use.html
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles
Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

Comments

ReadWorks is a website that provides K-12 teachers with free literacy resources (About ReadWorks). ReadWorks has literary and informational texts on a variety of subjects and reading skills. You may narrow your search using grade level or Lexile level, making this website a wonderful tool for differentiation. Students will complete their work digitally, and you will provide their scores and feedback digitally. This makes it easy to go paperless for this activity.

Prior to implementing this activity, you will need to sign up for an Educator Account on ReadWorks. After setting up an account, create a class from the Class Admin tab, this will provide you with a Class Code to give to students. Next, use the Find Content tab to search for the informational article that will be used during this activity, "Paradise Lost." After navigating to the article, click on the blue Assign button to assign it to your class.

Each student will need access to a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop. The first time students enter the website they will need to enter the Class Code that is listed on your Class Admin page. Alternatively, you can print the article and corresponding questions for students, if digital devices are not available.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

Paradise Lost