Essential Questions:
How do researchers investigate successfully?
What strategies and processes do collaborators need for success?
How do readers and writers determine and develop relevant, accurate, and complete topics?
How do publishers design and organize content for their audience and purpose?
Why and how do editors and speakers use
and edit with the rules for standard English grammar and language ?
STANDARDS
Collaborate as a Team [Collaborate]
SL.1.b - Comprehension and Collaboration: Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
SL.1.c - Comprehension and Collaboration: Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.
SL.1.d - Comprehension and Collaboration: Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.
SL.4 - Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
W 5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Read and Write [Investigate]
RW 7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.
RI.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
RI.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
RI.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims
6-8.WHST.8 - Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Read [Investigate, Content]
RI 2 - Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
RI. 1 - Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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Write [Content}
6-8.WHST.8 - Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. [Investigate]
6-8.WHST.2.b - Text Types and Purposes: Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
6-8.WHST.2.d - Text Types and Purposes: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
W.7 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.
Write [Design]
6-8.WHST.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events..
6-8.WHST.2.a - Text Types and Purposes: Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
2.c Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts
6-8.WHST.2.f - Text Types and Purposes: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
When writing arguments:
When writing information:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.A Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.C Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
When writing narratives:
