Lesson 4: Writing: Narrowing Down a Broad Topic

• How Informational Writers Can Narrow Their Topics 

Lesson 6: Writing: Using Structure to Convey the Writer’s Intent

• Common Logical Orders for Informational Texts

• Video 1

Lesson 6: Reading: Inferring the Author’s Intent by Noticing Structure

• Video 2

For Digital Classrooms: Writing: Choosing the Best Platform for Your Information and Audience

• Platform and Audience Possibilities

For Digital Classrooms: Reading: Considering Why Authors Might Choose Analog or Digital Mediums

• What We Noticed

Lesson 8: Writing: Structure Within Sections: Stacking Information

• Some Ways to Organize Information While Drafting Nonfiction Texts

• Video 3

Lesson 8: Reading: Identifying the Way Information is Stacked

• Video 4

• Quotation Marks

For Digital Classrooms: Writing: Fact-Checking Digital Information for Accuracy

• Digital Information Writers Take Responsibility for the Facts in Their Pieces

For Digital Classrooms: Reading: Identifying False Information

• Some Strategies for Spotting Source Reliability (aka: Is This News Fake?)

Lesson 17: Writing: The Power of Story

• Some Reasons Informational Writers Include Stories in Their Pieces

Lesson 17: Reading: Switching Strategies When Authors Use Story in Expository Text

• Strategies We Might Use When Reading Narrative Texts

Lesson 18: Writing: Connections and Disconnections Across Paragraphs and Pages

• Nonfiction Writers make Connections Between Sentences, Paragraphs, and Chapters

Lesson 22: Writing: Choosing When to Quote, Describe, or Summarize

• When Referring to a Resource I Should…

Lesson 22: Reading: Identifying Sources and Considering Their Reliability

• Four Checks to Help Determine Source Reliability

Lesson 24: Writing: Creating Strong Titles and Subtitles

• Ideas for Creating Titles for Informational Texts

Lesson 28: Writing: Making Publishing Decisions Based on the Intended Audience

• Writers Consider Their Audiences as They Finish Their Pieces

For Digital Classrooms: Reading: Responding Digitally to the Texts to Deepen Understanding

• Responding to Text