Lesson Plan

Check Comprehension & Apply Writing

Students apply what they've learned about nonfiction text with writing of their own.

Overview

The final lesson of this unit plan provides students with a strong foundation for reading, writing, and using nonfiction.

Objective

Students will:

  1. Check their comprehension skills
  2. Apply what they've learned to their own writing

Materials

  1. Writing tools
  2. Paper for students

Directions

Step 1: Wrap up the lesson by using the following discussion questions to check comprehension:

  1. Why is the Leaning Tower of Pisa so famous?
  2. What was the problem with the tower?
  3. How did the engineers solve the problem?
  4. Which text features did you find most helpful?
  5. What clues in the article helped you figure out the text structure?

Step 2: Have students write two or three sentences that tell you about the article. Ask them to include the following:

  • What happened to make the Learning Tower of Pisa dangerous
  • What was done to make the tower safe again
  • Subjects:
    Main Idea and Details, Content Area Reading, Reading Assessment, Nonfiction Writing
  • Skills:
    Main Idea and Details
  • Duration:
    1 Day
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