Overview and Background: Unit: Text Structures

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Name: Gretchen Bergkamp

Cheney Elementary : Grades 5

Title:	Text Structures
Topics:	Reading, Writing
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Other Designers: Julie Balestracci, Sherri Conrad

Summary: Students will learn the different text structures and be able to identify them in their reading and writing.

Print Materials Needed: Assorted examples of the different text structures.

Resources:

Resource Attachments:	http://www.cheney268.com/5th/textstructures/textstructures.htm
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Notes:

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS
Title:	Reading 1 Literature 4
Standard(s):	Reading 1 Benchmark 4 Indicator 1 Use patterns such as cause and effect and comparison and contrast to understand expository text. ∆Literature 4 Benchmark 1 Indicator 2 Identify text structure in expository, literature, such as cause and effect, comparison and contrast, description, sequence and problem and solution.

Understandings:

Overarching

Patterns allow predictions.

Unit

Text structures allow students to understand the structure of writing and better comprehend the text.

Essential Questions:

How do patterns help us make predictions.

How can understanding the structure of a text help us understand its meaning?

Knowledge and Skills:

K

The different text structures

S

Be able to identify the text structures in readings.

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
Students assume the role of editor for a conglomerate magazine publishing company. You have a series of different types of writing that has been submitted for publication. You must decide which type of writing it represents and assign it to the appropriate magazine.

Student Directions:

You are the editor of a conglomerate magazine publishing company. Decide which text structures should appear in which type of magazine. “True Biographies” publishes expository articles about famous people. “Do It Yourself” publishes technical “how-to” guides. “American Adventure” publishes narratives about peoples activities. “The Issues” offers opinion articles about current issues in American society. Identify each type of text, its structure, which magazine should publish the article and why.

Rubric:

http://www.cheney268.com/5th/textstructures/textstructures.htm

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Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

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