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title: I Declare
description: Students will read an informational text and practice using declarative statements to provide objective, factual information.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/i_declare-001.png
---
**Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)**
**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**
**Topic: Declarative Sentences**
**Grade Level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8**
**Standards / Framework: **
- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.J](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- **[CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)**
- [ WIDA: STANDARD 2](https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf)
**Brief Description:** Students will read an informational text and practice using declarative statements to provide objective, factual information.
**Know Before You Start:** You will need to copy one or more informational articles for students to read and highlight during this activity. Use this lesson to help students develop a neutral and objective stance while writing.
**Hook:**
- Share three statements with the class: a question, an exclamation, and a declarative fact.
- How are these three statements different?
- Which simply tells a fact?
- Read and discuss the sample comic. Explain that a declarative statement provides information or facts and ends with a period.
- Have students highlight declarative sentences in an informational article. Remind them that declarative sentences tell facts in a neutral and objective manner.
**Activity:**
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic depicting declarative sentences.
- **Panel 1:** Explain what a declarative sentence is.
- **Panels 2-4:** In speech bubbles or captions, write three declarative statements based on the informational article read in class.
**Closure:**
- Have students practice reading their declarative statements with a partner, or in a small group.
**Differentiation:**
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work with a peer model as needed.
- Provide sentence starters as needed.
- Allow students to expand their comic by creating more panels while providing new facts on the same topic.
**Resources:**
- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/q86nj8a).
- Provide informational articles at students’ independent reading levels.
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