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English · Grade 5

Integrate Informational Sources

Learners read several short sources about monarch butterflies: a chronological article, a problem-and-solution article, a chart from a fictional nature center and two accounts of the same tagging day. They compare text structures, analyze how two accounts differ in point of view, combine information from several sources to answer questions and write a paragraph that integrates two sources.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 minutes
  • Integrating sources check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Identify and compare the overall structures of two informational texts (chronological, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast).
  • Analyze two accounts of the same event, noting similarities and differences in their points of view and focus.
  • Integrate information from several texts and a chart to answer a question accurately.
  • Write an informative paragraph that combines facts from two sources and names each source.

Lessons

  1. How texts are built 6 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  2. Two accounts of one morning 6 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Put the pieces together 6 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  4. Write with two sources 5 steps3 practiceabout 23 min
  5. Integrating sources check 8 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sentence TheatreYour words direct the show: change a word and the stage changes too.
  • Missing ChapterA page has gone missing. Use the clues to put the right one back.

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