Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Analyzing Informational Text
Brief Description: Students will create a comic to demonstrate how two authors present different information about the same topic.
Know Before You Start: Students will need to access two informational text articles about the same topic, written by two different authors.
Hook:
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- How did each author present their information?
- Were there any differences?
- Why did each author choose the facts and evidence presented?
- How did the selected evidence shape their perspective and presentation to the reader?
- Share the two selected informational texts.
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Model an example or two of how each author shared different evidence or facts about the same topic.
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Discuss the possible perspectives of each author based on the evidence shared.
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Activity:
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Students will continue reading the article with a partner. They should make note of the different evidence and facts provided by each author.
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Have students discuss how each author used the chosen evidence to shape their presentation of the topic.
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Have students create a three-panel comic describing how each author shared different evidence or facts about the same topic.
Closure:
- Meet with students and discuss their comparisons of the evidence and authors’ work.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
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Provide students with a list of common compare and contrast words to aid in explanation.
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Utilize sentence frames as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
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