FRIT 7430: Instructional Design

Stage 1,
Understanding by
Design
Fall 2009

Sarah Wiggins
October 17, 2009
 Understanding 5th
Informational text
ELA Reading

Grade: 5
ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a
warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational
texts.

ELA5W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.

ELA5W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing.

ELA5LSV2 The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order
to gather and share information, persuade others, and express and understand
ideas.

• Informational text supplies the reader with facts.

• Readers can apply the ideas found in informational text, using the research
process, to create their own connections and form their own opinions.

• They can connect reading informational text to writing informational text

• The connections made through informational reading can help to create a

piece of informational writing that can be used to shape and/ or persuade

• Students may mistake opinions for facts when reading informational text.
When reading, students may struggle with identifying the main idea and
supporting details, and then will equally struggle when writing them.

• Students may feel that in order to shape or persuade their readers they have
to beg or complain within their written work instead of using their facts to be
 • Where can we find information?
• How can we use information?
• What helps us shape our
opinions?
How to identify a piece of
informational text.
What sources to use to research
specific content
How to identify main idea vs.
supporting details
How to collect facts to create their
own connections and form their own
opinions
How to organize and write an
informational paper using main ideas
and supporting details
How to present information to aid in
persuading an audience
• How can you identify facts
within an informational text?
• What sources or reference
materials can be used to find
facts about the Civil War?
• What writing structure can be
used to create a news report
about the Civil War?
Identify informational text
Research the Civil War using various
reference materials
Identify main ideas and supporting
details within a piece of
informational text
Use the facts collected to organize
and write an informational paper on
a given topic about the Civil War.
(This should include creating a main
idea and providing supporting
details)
Present the information in an oral
report that would inform and help
shape the listeners’ point of view
about the Civil War