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    Analyzing Authors’ Work

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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins

    Topic: Analyzing Informational Text

    Grade Level: 5

    Standards / Framework:

    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. 

      • Model an example or two of how each author shared different evidence or facts about the same topic.

      • Discuss the possible perspectives of each author based on the evidence shared.

    Activity:

    • Students will continue reading the article with a partner. They should make note of the different evidence and facts provided by each author. 

    • Have students discuss how each author used the chosen evidence to shape their presentation of the topic. 

    • 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.

    • Provide students with a list of common compare and contrast words to aid in explanation.

    • 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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