🔺Module 6 - W4 - Day 2 - ELA

Lesson Instructions

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

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GRAMMAR

Introduction

We are continuing to work on reference materials by comparing the ones that we have learned about.

 

Reference Materials
Dictionaries	A book of words in alphabetical order Gives definition, part of speech, and pronunciation
Glossaries	Domain-specific vocabulary words in alphabetical order In the back of the reference material Give definitions
Thesaurus	A book of synonyms and antonyms in alphabetical order Helps improve word choice while writing
Almanacs	A book of facts about a given year Written chronologically (in order by time) or by topic
Atlas	A book of maps (used to view a specific location or surface features)
Encyclopedia	A set of books with articles on topics Topics written in alphabetical order This was the “internet” before the internet existed!

 

Visual

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Stop and Jot

In Your Notebook: Choose two of the reference materials and compare and contrast them using a t-chart OR a Venn Diagram. See the visual above for an example. Do not copy the above example.

 

Interactive

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WRITING

Introduction

Today, we will be editing and revising our essays. 

We will be revising and editing our essays with using our handy ARMS and CUPS strategies.

Video

To do:

• Write your essay in this document (if you already started typing in another document, that is fine!) Links to an external site.
• Links to an external site.Add transition phrases
• Revise and edit using ARMS and CUPS

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