🔵Module 2: W4 - Day 3 - ELA

Lesson Instructions

You will go through two lessons (one in grammar and one in reading). 


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Simple and Compound Sentences

Introduction

Hi grammarians! Today, we will discuss the importance of adding simple and compound sentences to your writing! If we only had simple sentences, it would be pretty boring for us to write and for our readers to read! We should mix up sentence structures, so that we can make our writing more interesting!

Video/Visual

In Your Notebook: Rewrite the paragraph. It is written in all simple sentences, but you should try to include at least one compound sentence (try using the FANBOYS conjunctions). 

My dog is named Ziggy. Ziggy is short for Zig-Zag. She loves to play fetch. She loves to nap. She is brown and black. She has a broken tail. That is why she is named Ziggy.


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Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts

Introduction

In our last reading lesson, we learned how to identify and summarize historical texts. Today, we will be learning how to identify scientific and technical texts, as well as the best summarizing strategies for the specific texts. 

 

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Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook:  Copy down the rest of the chart.

Historical Texts are  nonfiction that tells about a certain time and place in the past.
Ex: biographies, social studies textbook, primary (letters, diaries) and secondary sources (encyclopedias, newspaper articles) 
Scientific Texts are related to scientific knowledge and the natural world. It gives information based on research using technical words 
Ex: Research and review articles, science news, science textbook
Common Topics: Magnetism, Space, Electricity, Animals
Technical Texts tell readers how to do something. It often gives procedures or steps written in order. It might include a list of materials. 
Ex: How-to, manual

 

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