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Common Core RI.5.5 lessons for ESL-EFL-ELL
Text Structure and Organizational Patterns: How is this text built?
Having trouble teaching text structure or organizatonal patterns to your class? Then this download is for you! I originally developed this lesson for use with my ESL students, and have used it in grades 4-8.
This item is aligned with CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5.
This lesson begins with an activity to discover student understandings and misconceptions about the way texts are organized. Next, students are introduced to 5 basic text structures: descriptive, chronological, cause and effect, problem
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Non-Fiction Reading Skills Teaching Bundle
Text Structure in Action PowerPoint: Super Charged!
This PPT has EVERYTHING YOU NEED to teach text structure to your students!
It introduces students to the concept of text structure and then provides examples, practice activities, and assessment check points for the 6 most common text structure types listed below.
1. Plot
2. Description (AKA Main Idea)
3. Sequence (AKA chronological order/time order)
4. Compare/Contrast
5. Problem/Solution
6. Cause/Effect
A suggested note-making guide with printables is included to engage students and keep
Grades:
3rd - 8th
5th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
This bundle includes all 4 units for 5th grade: Earth's Spheres, Ecosystems, Astronomy & Universe, and Matter.In this bundle you will find:Resources for InputInquiry ChartObservation ChartsBig Book (PPT or printable)Pictorial and Comparative Input Chart templates (16 total)Brightest Stars in the Night SkyRelationships between Earth, sun, and moonGravitational ForceThe Rock CycleThe Water CycleLayers of the AtmosphereInteractions Between Earth's SpheresTrophic LevelsHow All Food Webs BeginTra
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Grades:
5th
CCSS:
NGSS:
5-ESS2-2
, 5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
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5th Grade NGSS™ Matter and Its Interactions Unit
This NGSS-aligned unit includes materials to teach about atoms and their structure, conservation of mass, properties of matter, and physical and chemical changes. It also includes close reading, math activities, science labs, and an art lesson.Resources for Input:- Unit essential question- Inquiry chart printable- 5 pages of observation chart photos- Printable CCD (3 templates) and teacher samples- The Important Book About Chemistry and Matter (1 title page, 5 content pages and corresponding hea
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Grades:
5th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, 5-PS1-1
Also included in: 5th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Bilingual Bundle of 5 Informational Text Structures in English and Spanish
Everything you need to to teach your students the 5 Information Text Structures in English and Spanish! With scaffolding supports and all resources in both languages, help all your students learn and or review informational text structures.For each Text Structure, you'll have three, 2-page texts that are clearly organized and use signal words of the text structure.There are a variety of graphic organizers for each text structure that allow you to focus your students on the parts of the organizat
Grades:
4th - 7th
English Informational Text Structure Bundle - Passages, Organizers, Signal words
Everything you need to to teach your students the 5 Information Text Structures! With scaffolding supports, help all your students learn and or review informational text structures.For each Text Structure, you'll have three, 2-page texts that are clearly organized and use signal words of the text structure. There are a variety of graphic organizers for each text structure that allow you to focus your students on the parts of the organization most relevant to you. Use the graphic organizers for
Grades:
4th - 7th
Spanish Informational Text Structure Bundle - Passages, Organizers, Signal words
Everything you need to to teach your students the 5 Information Text Structures in Spanish! With scaffolding supports, help all your students learn and or review informational text structures.For each Text Structure, you'll have three, 2-page texts that are clearly organized and use signal words of the text structure.There are a variety of graphic organizers for each text structure that allow you to focus your students on the parts of the organization most relevant to you. Use the graphic organi
Grades:
4th - 7th
SIOP Informational Text Lesson: Comparing/Contrasting Crocodiles and Alligators
A reading comprehension lesson using an informational text comparing and contrasting crocodiles and alligators using the SIOP model.You get-*Lesson Plan*Crocodiles & Alligators Informational Text*Worksheet focusing on key vocabulary, comparing/contrasting and writing to explain your thinking*Image showing where crocodiles and alligators live in the world to use when teaching*RAN Chart Graphic Organizer- Reading & Analyzing Non-Fiction Texts to use when teaching (What I think I know, Conf
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Thinking Like a Historian: BILINGUAL VERSION for 5th-7th Grade Social Studies!
This BILINGUAL Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit comes 100% completely ready to use for both English and Spanish learners in 5th-7th grade! ALL resources not only come in English and Spanish, they're also ready to use for both in-person classroom and online digital learning (via Google Apps)!The amazing resources included with this bilingual version of Thinking Like a Historian lesson plan unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS with THOUSANDS of students and can easily be used with any
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Teaching Informational Text Structures: A Scaffolded Approach
This resource supports teachers who are teaching the following standards on informational text structures:Literacy.RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information and text features in a text or part of a text.Literacy.RI.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.Literacy.RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, o
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Bilingual Bundle of Problem Solution Texts and Charts in English and Spanish
Everything you need to teach your students Problem and Solution text structure with three simple, 2-page problem and solution texts in both Spanish and English. These texts will help your students identify the problem and the solution in a text and learn how the signal words and structure support the author's purpose.A variety of graphic organizers help students to visually organize information. Signal Words help students to identify the Problem and Solution text structure in new texts. An "Iden
Grades:
4th - 7th
Bilingual Bundle of Cause and "Effects" Texts and Charts in English and Spanish
Teach your students Cause and Effect text structure in English and Spanish with three simple, 2-page passages about fascinating topics. This resource focuses on identifying multiple effects from one cause. Emphasizing effects in all texts helps students clarify the relationship of causes and effects.Students will learn to: understand the relationship between a cause and its effects, identify this text structure, and have academic discussions using the language of cause and effect.Graphic organiz
Grades:
4th - 6th
Bilingual Bundle of Description Texts and Charts in English and Spanish
Just what you need to teach Description text structure in English and Spanish. Three simple, 2-page descriptive passages will help your students identify descriptions in a text and how the signal words and structure support the description. Perfect for English Language Arts, Dual Immersion (DLI), supporting English Language Learners (ELL, ESL).Graphic organizers (bubble map, 5 senses organizer and more) help students to visually organize information. Signal Words and identifying characteristics
Grades:
4th - 7th
5th Grade NGSS™ Matter and Its Interactions Close Reading
Included here are 3 sets of passages and questions to integrate literacy into your matter unit. Each text set comes with an essential question, leveled texts, 3 question sets aligned to CCSS, and 2 extended response prompts. Titles: - Ancient Theories on Matter (Democritus/Aristotle) - Experiments of Antoine Lavoisier (Experiment First/Experiment Third) - Mixtures and Solutions/Air: A Perfect Balance of GasesThat's a total of 6 passages, and each one is available at a beginning, middle, and end
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Grades:
5th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, 5-PS1-1
Also included in: 5th Grade NGSS Close Reading Bundle
English Problem and Solution Texts, Graphic Organizers, and More
Everything you need to teach your students Problem and Solution text structure with three simple, 2-page problem and solution texts in English. These texts will help your students identify the problem and the solution in a text and learn how the signal words and structure support the author's purpose.A variety of graphic organizers help students to visually organize information. Signal Words help students to identify the Problem and Solution text structure in new texts. An "Identify the Text Str
Grades:
4th - 7th
English Cause & "Effects" Texts, Graphic Organizers, and More
Teach your students Cause and Effect text structure in English with three simple, 2-page passages about fascinating topics. This resource focuses on identifying multiple effects from one cause. Emphasizing effects in all texts helps students clarify the relationship of causes and effects. Students will learn to: understand the relationship between a cause and its effects, identify this text structure, and have academic discussions using the language of cause and effect.Graphic organizers help
Grades:
4th - 6th
Spanish Cause & "Effects" Texts, Graphic Organizers, and More
Teach your students Cause and Effect text structure in Spanish with three simple, 2-page passages about fascinating topics. This resource focuses on identifying multiple effects from one cause. Emphasizing effects in all texts helps students clarify the relationship of causes and effects. Students will learn to: understand the relationship between a cause and its effects, identify this text structure, and have academic discussions using the language of cause and effect.Graphic organizers help
Grades:
4th - 6th
Spanish Problem and Solution Texts, Graphic Organizers, and More
Everything you need to teach your students Problem and Solution text structure with three simple, 2-page problem and solution texts in Spanish. These texts will help your students identify the problem and the solution in a text and learn how the signal words and structure support the author's purpose.A variety of graphic organizers help students to visually organize information. Signal Words help students to identify the Problem and Solution text structure in new texts. An "Identify the Text Str
Grades:
4th - 7th
Spanish Description Texts, Graphic Organizers, and More
Teach your students Description text structure in Spanish with three simple, 2-page description texts about fascinating topics. Students will learn to: understand, identify, and talk about description. Graphic organizers (bubble map, 5 senses organizer and more) help students to visually organize information. Signal Words and identifying characteristics help students to identify the Description text structure in new texts. An "Identify the Text Structure" worksheet helps students to verbalize us
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Bilingual Bundle of Description Texts and Charts in English and Spanish
English Description Texts, Graphic Organizers, and More
Teach your students Description text structure with three simple, 2-page description texts about fascinating topics. Students will learn to: understand, identify, and talk about description. Graphic organizers (bubble map, 5 senses organizer and more) help students to visually organize information. Signal Words and identifying characteristics help students to identify the Description text structure in new texts. An "Identify the Text Structure" worksheet helps students to verbalize using evidenc
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Bilingual Bundle of Description Texts and Charts in English and Spanish
Paper Son by Julie Leung Lesson Plan and Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Paper Son The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki. This is a great book for teaching about Asian immigrants, artists, determination, discrimination and Disney animators. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for text structuredescri
Grades:
1st - 4th
Paper Son by Julie Leung Lesson Plan and Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Paper Son The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki. This is a great book for teaching about Asian immigrants, artists, determination, discrimination and Disney animators. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer,
Grades:
1st - 4th
Informational Text Structures Mini-Lesson
This presentation gives a quick lesson on the 5 informational text structures. It begins with a review of informational texts vs. literary texts, then explains the text structures (description, cause and effect, order and sequence, problem and solution, and compare and contrast). Each slide has a definition, signal words, and an example of a graphic organizer for each text structure. Since this is normally taught right before winter break in my classes, the presentation has a sweet candy cane th
Grades:
5th - 8th
Earth Day: Fact And Opinion
Facts and Opinion Activity for Earth Day. You can look for information with your students to have them understand the importance of reading and researching facts about any topic.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
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