UNIT X 78 | UNIT 2 Instructional Routine: Tools for Writing p. Txxxvi Informational Writing: Write an Informational Text Understand text structure Have students read along silently as you read the elements of an informational text aloud. Call attention to the terms: introduction, facts, explanations, and conclusion and discuss their meanings. Writing Strategy: Writing About History Use a writing strategy Read the writing strategy aloud. Ask: How would you use a timeline in your writing? (to describe the years it took to build a human-made wonder or to show that nature takes many years to create a natural wonder) Prompt Activate prior knowledge Read the prompt aloud. Ask: What informational texts did we read in this unit? What did you learn from them? Student Model • Listen actively Read the student model aloud as students follow along. Then give students time to read silently to build comprehension. • Recognize academic language Work together to identify and brainstorm the introduction, facts, explanations, and conclusion. • Identify number facts Call on volunteers to write the different numbers in the model writing about Angkor Wat. Then have other volunteers identify what these numbers refer to. 213 – the height of the main tower in feet 1113 – the year the construction began 37 – the number of years the workers took to build it 18 – the distance away in miles where the building materials were 2010 – the year someone discovered hidden paintings 200 – the number of hidden paintings 2.5 – the number in millions of visitors each year EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • Read and annotate the Student Model together. Project or copy the Student Model onto the board. Use one color to highlight the introduction, one for the facts, one for explanations, and one for the conclusion. (Alternatively, use underlining, circling, and bracketing.) • Guide students to research the place that they would like to base their informational text on. Amplify • Have students underline the words that help them to visualize the facts in the Student Model. • Have students research the place that they would like to base their informational text on. Informational Writing Write an Informational Text Remember that an informational text gives true information and explains something. It includes: • an introduction • facts, including numbers • explanations • a conclusion Angkor Wat by Thu Nguyen Angkor Wat is in Cambodia. It is in the jungle. It has a tower in the center, and there are four smaller towers around it. The main tower is 213 feet tall. Suryavarman II was the king of Khmer. He started building Angkor Wat in 1113 CE. Workers finished it 37 years later. It was difficult to build because it was made of both hard stone and soft stone. The soft stones were 18 miles away, so people transported them using boats on the rivers. Artists carved the soft stones. They created amazing sculptures. Archeologists aren’t sure what Angkor Wat was for. Some think it was for the king’s ashes. Others think that people studied the stars from the towers. People hid paintings in the temple during this time. In 2010, someone found 200 hidden paintings in the walls at Angkor Wat. Over 2.5 million people visit Angkor Wat each year. There are rules for visitors. The rules help preserve the towers. It is important to preserve special places. Write an informational text about one of these places or your own idea. • natural: Iguazu Falls, the Grand Canyon, the Northern Lights, your own idea • human-made: Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, the Parthenon, your own idea WRITING STRATEGY Writing About History Write notes about facts and dates. You can use a timeline to organize your writing. Student Model CONNECT TO Writing UNIT 2 78 UNIT 2 / CONNECT TO WRITING
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