English Language Arts Grade 5
Lesson Plans

Reading: Informational Text Standard 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.

• Introducing Text Structures in Writing-5th Grd
  This activity introduces students to the idea that science writing is organized in identifiable patterns called text structures. Understanding and using these different text structures help refine students' abilities to both read and write in science.

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