About This Lesson
The instructional focus of this unit is on learning to read text closely: attending to details, language, and perspective; posing and responding to text-dependent questions; and analyzing connections and relationships to deepen understanding. Text about Ellis Island included. Students focus on crafting effective evidence based writing, working from titles and paraphrases to summary sentences and explanatory paragraphs. CCSS W.2, W.9, and W.4. Created by Odell Education and shared through Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
