HS ELA Guide

relationships among the ideas. ●​ Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary to clarify the relationships among the ideas. ●​ Use appropriate conventions and style for the audience, purpose, and task. Learning Progression Example 1. ​ Dissect the prompt, identifying the audience, purpose, and format needed for the task. 2. ​ Create an organization structure for the task that demonstrates how the information builds upon each other (compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect, sequential, or descriptive). 3. ​ Employ prewriting strategies to develop the topic. Select the relevant facts needed. 4. ​ Write a thesis/topic statement. 5. ​ Develop an introduction that identifies the audience and builds background knowledge needed about the topic. 6. ​ Clarify relationships among related ideas: a. ​ Develop supporting points with elaboration upon the facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, examples. b. ​ Use appropriate content-specific vocabulary and precise and vivid language for the topic and text. c. ​ Use varied transitions to link major sections and create cohesion in the text. d. ​ Use graphics, charts, multimedia, and formatting to illustrate the ideas and show relationships and distinctions between facts. 7. ​ Write a concluding statement that connects back to the topic. 8. ​ Revise for conventions that are appropriate for the style, audience, purpose, and task. Academic Language convey, analysis, distinction, relevant facts, extended definition, concrete details, cohesion, precise, clarify Strategies to Support Teaching the Standard ●​ Students create an infographic or brochure on a topic incorporating the elements of informational text. ●​ Ask Moving Writers: Information Writing That’s NOT “The Research Paper” Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment ●​ Who is your audience and what do they know about your topic? ●​ How can you clearly introduce your topic? ●​ What information will you provide in the introduction? ●​ What organizational structure will best enable you to convey your information? ●​ What facts/details/examples/quotations help to develop your topic? ●​ When and how can you use figurative language to express ideas? ●​ Do your transitions create cohesion among ideas and concepts? ●​ Does your concluding statement support the information presented? Does it articulate the significance of the topic? ●​ What multimedia can you use to help convey the ideas? ●​ How can formatting support your reader’s understanding of the topic?

Additional Supports / Professional Resources UEN Prompts and Student Samples 9th Grade

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