Ms. Kim's English Language Arts Grade 7: Reading Informational Texts by Gabrielle Kim https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q Students will read different forms of informational texts about historic events and learn about the ways that people and events are changed by writer's, and how we can determine what is fact or opinion. en-us 2015-11-11 14:11:08 UTC 2015-11-26 00:10:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/notebook.jpg Essential Questions: gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/80687331 How are similar historical events portrayed by different texts?

How do we determine the validity of information found in informational texts?

]]> 2015-11-11 14:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/80687331 Unit Goals: gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/80687858 - To use both print and electronic information and understand how to determine their reliability
- To determine fact vs. opinion in informational texts
- To effectively compare and contrast how similar events and characters are portrayed in various informational mediums
]]> 2015-11-11 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/80687858 Common Core Standards gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83325407 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.8
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.9
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
]]> 2015-11-24 23:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83325407 Lessons gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326221

http://www2.mcrel.org/compendium/activityDetail.asp?activityID=34

Comparing Portrayals
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/comparing-portrayals-slavery-nineteenth-30527.html?tab=1#tabs

Twin Texts
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/beyond-history-books-researching-30927.html?tab=1#tabs
Electronic vs. Print Text
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/comparing-electronic-print-texts-68.html
Reporting Informational Texts
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/book-report-alternative-sharing-31041.html
]]> 2015-11-24 23:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326221 Additional Student Resources gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326383 Reading Strategies for Informational Texts
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/the-times-and-the-common-core-standards-reading-strategies-for-informational-text/?_r=0


The graphic below provides samples of trigger words that indicate if you are reading an informational text or not.
]]> 2015-11-24 23:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326383 Fact or Opinion Lesson gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326414 Choose quotes from the excerpts assigned in "The Diary of a Young Girl" and determine if you are reading facts or opinions.

]]> 2015-11-24 23:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326414 Comparing Portrayals gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326540 http://www.photographymuseum.com/faceof.html

Use this Venn Diagram tool to compare and contrast the portrayal of slaves in our readings from "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" and the images from the website above.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/

]]> 2015-11-24 23:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83326540 Twin Texts gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83328303 For further research on the American Civil Rights Movement check out this website which includes an authentic audio recording of MLK and LBJ discussing voting rights!

http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/Johnson/lbjforkids/main.htm

]]> 2015-11-25 00:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83328303 Reporting Informational Text gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83477019 You will use the "Printing Press" app to write your own newspaper article reflecting information from any of the informational texts we've read in class.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press

]]> 2015-11-25 23:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83477019 Electronic vs. Print Text gabriellekim29 https://padlet.com/gabriellekim29/cv8hgu8auk3q/wish/83477223 Using two articles (one from a printed encyclopedia and one in electronic form) about the life of a Civil War Soldier that you will research, create a chart comparing the information found in both articles. What are the differences? What information is the same?

For your electronically printed article, please go to the school media center website and use one of their databases.

Feel free to watch the animated video below to get some tips on how to compare articles on the same topic.

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