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Writing for a Reason

CURRICULUM

Writing for a Reason

Unit Overview

WRITING FOR A REASON

  3rd grade
  7 lessons
 

Using details from the text, students organize a sequence of events, identify simple cause and effect, compare and contrast two nonfiction texts, and identify the author’s purpose.  Students also locate and interpret key information in nonfiction texts, write a friendly letter using the four sentence types; and address an intended audience when  writing both a friendly letter and an informative report.
  Specific strategies: Locate and interpret information; use details from text; compose informational writing in appropriate format.
  This unit consists of seven lessons.
  Handouts including graphic organizers
  Formative and Summative Assessment
  Glossary

Unit Plan: Lessons

This unit represents ten 30 to 45 minute sessions.

  Using Details from Text to Identify Author's Purpose Word HTML (with links to documents)
Using  Details from Text to Organize Sequence of Events Word HTML (with links to documents)
  Using Details from Text to Identify Simple Cause and Effect Word HTML (with links to documents)
  Writing a Friendly Letter Word HTML (with links to documents)
  Using Details from the Text Word HTML (with links to documents)
  Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Texts Word HTML (with links to documents)
  Locate Key Information in Nonfiction Text Word HTML (with links to documents)

Summative Assessment and Scoring Guides:

 

PREVIOUS LEARNING

TARGETED LEARNING

FUTURE LEARNING

 

Students locate and interpret information in illustrations, titles, headings, indexes, table of contents, glossary, captions, diagrams, charts and graphs.

 

      R3A    Locate and interpret key information in illustrations, title, chapter headings, table of contents, charts, diagrams, graphs, glossary, captions and maps to answer questions.

 

 

Students will need to apply information gained from text to comprehend written information.

 

Students are able to retell sequence of events and make inferences based on the text.

 

R3C   Use details from text (s) to:

  • Answer questions
  • Retell main idea and important details
  • Organize a sequence of events
  • Identify simple cause and effect
  • Draw conclusions
  • Compare and contrast texts
  • Identify author’s purpose for writing text

 

 

Students will use information from text to compare and contrast, make predictions and inferences and distinguish between fact and fiction.

 

Students identify and write declarative and interrogative sentences and in addition, write simple friendly letters.

 

W2F      In composing text, write complete declarative, interrogative, imperative/ command and exclamatory/ exclamation sentences.

 

 

Students will need to use complete declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences when writing text.

 

Students will be able to write directions for making or doing something.  Students will be a able to ask questions to clarify understanding and identify main ideas from a text.

 

W3E    Write informational reports, diary/journal entries, organized friendly letters, thank you letters and invitations in a format appropriate to an intended audience and purpose.

 

 

Students will write organized friendly letters in a format appropriate to an intended audience and purpose.