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Writing an Expository Paragraph Using Time Order - Ndakinna Wilderness Project

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Title:

Writing an Expository Paragraph Using Time Order - Ndakinna Wilderness Project

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/vtl07.la.ws.style.lptimeordr/writing-an-expository-paragraph-using-time-order-ndakinna-wilderness-project/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students will watch a video that shows kids camouflaging themselves in order to blend into nature so they can watch wildlife. The kids follow a sequence of steps in order to camouflage themselves. The students will take notes on this process and write a paragraph that conveys the steps in proper order.

Overview
Students watch a video segment, take notes and using a time-order organizational structure, write a paragraph about how to camouflage themselves.

Why is this an important concept?
When learners can take ideas and sort them by order according to time, they can better comprehend the complexity, sequence, and relationships among the ideas. Noting the relationships among ideas leads to the ability to generalize, categorize, sort, evaluate, and understand new information.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5

35. Write informative or explanatory texts using multiple sources to examine a topic, conveying ideas and information clearly and incorporating a strong organizational structure, relevant details, and elaboration.

Unpacked Content

Teacher Vocabulary:

35.

Informative text
Explanatory text
Sources
Topic
Organizational structure
Details
Elaboration

Knowledge:

35. Students know:

Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple research sources.
Informative or explanatory text begins by introducing the topic, provides facts and relevant details, and ends with a conclusion.
Elaboration means supplying additional information about details by using academic vocabulary or including text features.

Skills:

35. Students are able to:

Gather information from multiple sources.
Write an informative or explanatory text using information gathered from sources.
Write an informative or explanatory text with a clear, organized structure.
Elaborate on details included in the text using academic vocabulary or text features.

Understanding:

35. Students understand that:

Informative or explanatory writing follows a predictable text structure that includes introducing the topic, providing facts or additional details about the topic, and ends with a conclusion.
They must gather their facts about the topic from multiple research sources.
Writers elaborate details included in the text by using formal academic vocabulary and text features.

Tags:

Expository Essay, Organizational Structure, Sequential Order

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Author:

Jessica Byrd

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Writing an Expository Paragraph Using Time Order - Ndakinna Wilderness Project