Writing an Informative Text About Curiosity
Grade
Grade 1
UNIT
4
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Curiosity
Unit 4, Lesson 1, “Learning Curiosity from Literature,” reinforces the vocabulary word curiosity. Students will learn the examples of curiosity from a classic work of children’s literature. Additionally, students will create their own sentences that demonstrate their comprehension of the word curiosity. Finally, students will practice their reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate comprehension of the word curiosity.
- Write an informative text about curiosity in which they name the topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 1 Unit 4 Worksheet 3: Writing an Informative Text About Curiosity
VOCABULARY:
- Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will write an informative text about curiosity. An informative text names the topic, supplies some facts about the topic, and provides some sense of closure.
- Write on the board: Writing an Informative Text about Curiosity
- Here is an example of an informative text about curiosity:
Topic: Curiosity is when a person wants to learn new things.
Fact 1: I was curious about how car engines work.
Fact 2: I went to the car repair shop and asked the repair person questions about how car engines work.
Closure: My curiosity helped me to ask questions and learn the facts about how car engines work. - Now each student will write their own informative text, on their worksheet, about how Mary Anning showed curiosity.
NOTE: Collect and keep the worksheet on the following page for the next day’s lesson in which students will share their informative texts with a partner.
GRADE 1 UNIT 4 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING AN INFORMATIVE TEXT ABOUT CURIOSITY
Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
Write the word curiosity:
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ACTIVITY: Write an informative text about how Mary Anning showed curiosity.
Topic:
Fact 1:
Fact 2:
Closure:
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