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 * Unit 6: Research and Report Writing 2011-2012**

Unit 2 Reading Nonfiction **Unit 2: Non-fiction and Informational Writing 2011-2012** Unit 3: Poetry 2011-2012 Unit 5: Fiction Reading 2011-2012 Unit 6: Research and Report Writing 2011-2012
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 * Unit 5 Fiction Reading Unit Outline**


 * Unit 6: Research and Report Writing 2011-2012**
 * Start - February 22- April 13**

Reading: Essential Questions: Why do we read nonfiction?

Big Idea: Reading for the purpose of gathering information.

Pre/Post: Complete a graphic organizer with main idea and supporting details. (Text is read aloud to students as well as provided to look at) Multiple Choice Quiz - selecting details to support main idea, and choose main idea of short paragraph.

Writing: Essential Questions: How does audience influence the type of writing we do?

Big Idea: Nonfiction has specific text structures.

Pre/Post: Create an article that tells facts about a place you know (such as your house, your school, or a planet). Include at least 3 sections, as well as an introduction and conclusion.

No School || 21 No School || 22Wednesdays - No Formal Lessons || 23
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Writing: Preassessment

Reading: Preassessment- || 24 Writing: Immersion into biography books (general)

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Immersion into biography books, pick a person to focus on. || Writing: Write questions about the person they are studying for each section.
 * 27

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading:Lesson 1: What is Research? || 28 Writing: Tarzan talk lesson. Model with early years and family life. Begin researching answers to questions (through books, and check out ipads)

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 2: Identifying sources and types of information || 29 Wednesdays - No Formal Lessons || 1 Writing: Model Tarzan talk with influence on history. Students must have first section completed and conference to get copied and cut up for tomorrow. Students that have other sections done can move forward with those as well.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading:Lesson 3: Review Nonfiction Text Features || 2 Writing: Model cutting up the tarzan talk and putting it in order.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading:Lesson 4: Reviewing Nonfiction text features and formats || Writing: Model going from Tarzan to Jane talk with first section. Students who have other sections done can move forward with that.
 * 5

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Honor Roll Assembly - no lesson || 6 Writing: Model tarzan talk with later years and death.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading:Lesson 5: Choosing Good Resources || 7 Wednesdays - Writing: Model cutting up the tarzan talk for 2nd section and putting into Jane talk.(Have third section done for example)

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 6: Using the Skimming and Scanning Technique || 8 Writing: Read example introductions from different biographies. Writing introduction together.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 7: Inferring - Using Non Fiction Text Features || 9 Writing: Read example conclusions from different biographies. Write conclusion together.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Main Idea and Supporting Details || Writing:Work on conferencing, editing, publishing, if finished, can work on making Prezi.
 * 12

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 8: Reading for information versus reading for pleasure || 13 Writing:Work on conferencing, editing, publishing, if finished, can work on making Prezi.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 9: Generating Questions from Non Fiction texts || 14 Wednesdays Writing:Work on conferencing, editing, publishing, if finished, can work on making Prezi.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 10: Generating Questions from Non Fiction Texts || 15 Writing:Work on conferencing, editing, publishing, if finished, can work on making Prezi.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading: Lesson 11: Generating Questions from Non Fiction Texts || 16 Writing:Work on conferencing, editing, publishing, if finished, can work on making Prezi.

Language: Read biography book or article.

Reading:Main Idea and Supporting Details || Writing: Introduce the power point and the presentation idea. Immersion in planet books.
 * 19**- We are delayed in writing by one week. Push all of the writing lessons after this date to after spring break.**

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Immersion in planet books - choose topic for research. || 20 - Writing:Introduce the different categories with questions. Begin researching.

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 12: Looking for Clues in Text Structure || 21 Wednesdays - No Formal Lessons Writing: History - Tarzan talk. || 22 Writing: History - cutting and Jane talk.

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 13: Looking for Clues in Text Structure || 23 Writing: Solar system - tarzan talk

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 14: Determining Main Ideas and Supporting Details || Writing - Solar system cutting and Jane talk.
 * April 2

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 15: Using Graphic Organizers to Organize Research || 3 Field Trip to Planetarium

Writing: Composition tarzan talk || 4 Wednesdays - No Formal Lessons || 5 Writing Composition cutting it up.

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 16: Using Graphic Organizers to Clarify Text Structures || 6 Writing: Rings and moons (if needed)

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 17: Evaluating Information - Interesting versus Important || Writing- Publishing and creating power point.
 * 9

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 18: Evaluating Information - Fact and Opinion || 10- Writing Publishing and creating power point.

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 19: Evaluating Information - Summarizing || 11 Wednesdays - No Formal Lessons

Publishing and creating power point. || 12- Writing Publishing and creating power point and practicing giving presentations.

Language: Read planet book or article.

Reading: Lesson 20: Evaluating Information - Summarizing II || 13- (Times may differ because of share fair)

Writing: Post test for writing..

Language: Post test for reading.

Reading:Share Fair with 1st and 2nd grades in afternoon. ||