Grade 5 ELA lesson plan: Author's reasons & evidence
Topic: Reasons and evidence that support an author's points (RI.5.8). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.
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Prerequisite skills to check: describing the logical connection between sentences and paragraphs (RI.3.8); explaining how an author uses reasons and evidence to support points (RI.4.8); finding two or more main ideas and their key details (RI.5.2).
Key vocabulary: point, reason, evidence, fact, example, statistic, support, author, informational text.
Warm-up idea: Read a short paragraph arguing that recess should be longer, with three reasons mixed in with one sentence that does not help the argument at all. Ask: which sentences actually convince you, and which one could be cut?
Exit ticket idea: Students read a short informational article, fill in a point-reason-evidence chart for two of the author's points, and cross out one detail that supports neither point, explaining why.
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