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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 45 mins - 1 hour

    Topic: Central Ideas of an Informational Text

    Grade Level: 6, 7

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will read an informational article and determine the central ideas of the text.

    Know Before You Start: Students should have a basic understanding of how to determine the central ideas of a text prior to the lesson. An informational article or resource will be needed for the lesson. Find examples of entertaining “Tweets” from X, formerly Twitter.

    Hook:

    • Show several entertaining “Tweets” to demonstrate how they summarize a central idea. Explain that tweets have a character limit.

    Activity:

    • Have students read the informational text and write three Tweets summarizing the central ideas of the article.

    • Have students illustrate their Summary Tweets by creating a comic demonstrating the central ideas of the text.

    Closure:

    • Have students share their comics in small groups and discuss the central ideas of the informational text.

    Differentiation:

    • Preteach vocabulary.

    • Provide sentence starters as needed.

    • Provide informational articles at various reading levels.

    • Allow students to work with a peer model.

    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

    • Example Tweets.

    • Informational Text Article.

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