Unit Plan 13 (Grade 5 ELA): Informational Text Structures Across Articles
Grade 5 informational reading unit: analyze sequence, cause/effect, and compare/contrast structures across paragraphs; cite signal words to explain relationships and meaning.
Focus: Sequence, cause/effect, compare/contrast across paragraphs
Grade Level: 5
Subject Area: English Language Arts (Reading Informational)
Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 45–60 minutes per session
I. Introduction
This week trains readers to recognize and use text structure as a comprehension tool. Students will identify sequence, cause/effect, and compare/contrast structures across paragraphs, explain relationships and interactions among ideas/events with specific evidence, and build stamina with grade-level texts. By Friday, each learner can label a passage’s structure, prove it with signal lines, map relationships, and explain how structure shapes understanding—meeting grade 5 complexity expectations.
II. Objectives and Standards
Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…
- Identify and compare overall and paragraph-level structures (sequence, cause/effect, compare/contrast) and explain how they organize information (RI.5.5).
- Explain relationships/interactions among individuals, events, ideas, or concepts using specific information from the text (RI.5.3).
- Read and discuss grade 4–5 band informational texts with growing stamina and accuracy (RI.5.10).
Standards Alignment — CCSS Grade 5
- RI.5.5, RI.5.3, RI.5.10
Success Criteria — student language
- I can name the structure of a passage and point to signal words/sentences that prove it.
- I can map how events or ideas are related (because, leads to, similar/different) and cite lines.
- I can summarize the section in my own words and discuss it with my group.