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Drawing Conclusions and Comparing/Contrasting - The Everglades

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Title:

Drawing Conclusions and Comparing/Contrasting - The Everglades

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/vtl07.la.rv.text.lpcompcont/drawing-conclusions-and-comparingcontrasting-the-everglades/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students take notes to determine the most important information given in a video segment and written text. They compare the information and draw written conclusions about the importance of studying the pig frog and the Everglades.

This resource supports students as they discover explicit and implicit meaning from an informational text.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	21. Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text. a. Determine the central idea or theme of a text. b. Explain the difference between implied and explicit details. c. Summarize the key supporting details by citing evidence from a text. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 21. Implied main idea Explicit main idea Relevant details 21a. Central idea Theme 21b. Implied detail Explicit detail 21c. Summarize Key supporting details Citing Evidence Knowledge: 21. Students know: The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text. Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea. The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea. 21a. Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text. 21b. An author can directly state details, or an author can include details that require the reader to make inferences. 21c. A summary is a short statement explaining the main point or most important details of a text. Skills: 21. Students are able to: Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text. Use relevant details to support the main idea of a text. 21a. Determine the central idea or theme of a text. 21b. Identify implied and explicit details and explain how they are different. 21c. Cite evidence from the text to create a summary of a text's most important details. Understanding: 21. Students understand that: Most texts have a main idea, or most important message, and supporting details, which provide more information about the main idea. An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea. 21a. The central idea or theme of a text is conveyed through details in the text. 21b. An author can choose to explicitly state details in the text or provide details that require the reader to infer the details. 21c. A summary is a short explanation of the most important details from a text, and statements in a summary should be supported with textual evidence.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	28. Write clear and coherent responses to texts, using explicit or implicit evidence that supports a particular point. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 28. Clear Coherent Explicit evidence Implicit evidence Knowledge: 28. Students know: Clear and coherent writing follows a particular structure and is easily understood by readers. Text-based responses should include textual evidence that is explicit (direct quotation) or implicit (summary or paraphrase). Skills: 28. Students are able to: Respond to texts in clear, coherent writing that using textual evidence to support their points. Understanding: 28. Students understand that: They can demonstrate comprehension of text by creating clear and coherent writing that utilizes textual evidence to support points.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	22. Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Implied main idea Explicit main idea Literary text Informational text Knowledge: 22. Students know: The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text. Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Most texts have a main idea, or most important message. An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	27. Review the key ideas expressed in a text and draw conclusions, using facts to support them. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 27. Key ideas Conclusions Facts Knowledge: 27. Students know: New knowledge can be gained from a text by drawing conclusions from the information presented in the text. Skills: 27. Students are able to: Review key ideas presented in text. Draw conclusions from key ideas presented in text. Use facts from the text to support their conclusions. Understanding: 27. Students understand that: They can analyze key ideas, draw conclusions, and learn new information by reading text.

Tags:

Drawing Conclusions, Explicit Meaning, Implicit Meaning, Informational Texts

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Jessica Byrd

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Drawing Conclusions and Comparing/Contrasting - The Everglades