Choose an explanatory structure
Read the stated plan and name how its ideas are connected. Sketch that arrangement before drafting a paragraph.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Headings, Graphics and Explanatory Organization
Apply choose an explanatory structure, read a graphic’s purpose, recognize a heading level, keep an explanatory tone using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin
- Identify a factual detail and an information feature.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Read a graphic’s purpose
Identify the stated graphic format and the question it answers. Read labels and any units before interpreting details.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Recognize a heading level
Use the supplied nesting description, not font size imagined from an unavailable page. Place the heading at the described level.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Keep an explanatory tone
Distinguish the supplied factual reporting word from value judgments. Write an explanation that reports what was done.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: topic reference — Headings, Graphics and Explanatory Organization
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.