INSTRUCT Task A: Defining the Elements(2-3 Min.) • Informational Text Informs

Comprehension ® Lexia Lessons Level 6, Activity 4

INSTRUCT Task A: Defining the Elements(2-3 min.) • Informational text informs. There are 4 key elements. You learned the elements in the online lesson. Let’s review them in the anchor chart. [As needed, review the elements. The subject is what the text is mostly about. The main idea is the point the author is making about the subject. The supporting ideas explain the main idea. The details describe the supporting ideas. If necessary, keep the chart where students can see it.] • Write the term or definition for each missing element in the graphic organizer on page 1. [Students label. Prompt as needed.] • Tell me about the subject. • What is the main idea? • Tell me about the supporting ideas. • And the details?

KEY

the point the author is what a text is mostly details main idea trying to make about about the subject describe the supporting idea subject explains the main idea supporting idea

SUBJECT what a text is mostly about Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

MAIN IDEA the point the author is making about the subject

SUPPORTING SUPPORTING SUPPORTING explains the main idea IDEA IDEA IDEA

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Task B: Finding the Elements in a Text (10 min.) • Find page 2. Follow along as I read the text entitled "Scuba Diving." [Read the text.]

Scuba Diving

Humans can hold their breath underwater for an average of 30 seconds. That isn’t enough time to explore sea life, examine shipwrecks, or save entangled animals. Fortunately, scuba, which means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, has been developed. With a scuba system, people can dive for long periods of time.

Going scuba diving requires the right kind of gear. First of all, scuba divers need a well-fitting mask to see clearly and fins to move through the water. The scuba system has an oxygen tank and a tube connected to a mouthpiece that allows divers to breathe. Scuba divers also need a special diving watch to keep track of how long they have been under water.

People can become certified scuba divers and get special jobs. People interested in shipwrecks and sea life can become underwater archaeologists. Underwater tunnels or bridges need to be built by marine contractors. All of these things can be photographed by an underwater scuba photographer. Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. Scuba divers face many dangers. If divers don’t release the air pressure

in their ears, they can feel ear pain. The bends is an illness divers can get from swimming to the surface of the ocean too quickly. It can cause a rash, pain, or even death. Sadly, some scuba divers are harmed due to faulty gear like broken watches or oxygen gauges.

• Now you’ll annotate your copy of the text. Annotate means to add notes or comments to explain something. • What word repeats again and again in the text? [Students respond: scuba.] How many times? [Students respond: 11 times, including the title.] What other words repeat? [Students respond:

This material is a component of Lexia PowerUp Literacy™. PowerUp is a component of material Lexia This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For dive, diving, divers.] • The subject is what the text is mostly about. The subject of this text is ______. (See the key on page 3 to guide students.) Underline the words scuba diving in the title. Write S over the title. S stands for subject. You have a key at the bottom of the page to help you with your annotations.

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• What does scuba stand for? [Students respond.] Apparatus means equipment or gear. • Now think about the main idea. In paragraph 1, what point is the author making in this text about a scuba system? [Students respond. (See the key to guide students.)] Underline the sentence and mark it with MI for main idea. • Underline the word in paragraph 2 that tells about what scuba diving requires. [Students respond. (See the key.)] Mark gear with the letters SI for supporting idea. • What word in paragraph 3 explains what scuba divers can get when they become certified?[Students respond. (See the key.)] Underline and mark jobs. • What words in paragraph 4 describe what scuba divers face? [Students respond. (See the key.)] Underline and mark dangers with letters SI. • Look back at paragraph 2. Find 3 details that describe the gear. Mark these words with D for detail. (See the key. Prompt students as needed. For example, what 3 items do divers need?) • In paragraph 3, find 3 details that describe the jobs that divers can have. Mark the words with D. (See the key. Prompt students as needed. For example, what 3 jobs are listed?) • In paragraph 4, find 3 details that describe dangers that divers face. Mark the words with D. (See the key. Prompt students as needed. For example: What happens when pressure in the ear isn’t relieved? What happens if nitrogen doesn’t absorb? What are other dangers?) Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

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KEY Scuba DivingS

[1] Humans can hold their breath underwater for an average of 30 seconds. That isn’t enough time to explore sea life, examine shipwrecks, or save entangled animals. Fortunately, scuba, which means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, has been developed. With a scuba system, people can dive for long periods of time.MI

[2] Going scuba diving requires the right kind of gear.SI First of all, scuba divers need a well-fitting maskD to see clearly and finsD to move through the water. The scuba systemD has an oxygen tankD and a tube connected to a mouthpieceD that allows divers to breathe. Scuba divers also need a special diving watchD to keep track of how long they have been underwater.

[3] People can become certified scuba divers and get special jobs.SI People interested in shipwrecks and sea life can become underwater archaeologists.D Underwater tunnels or bridges need to be built by marine contractors.D All of these things can be photographed by underwater scuba photographersD

[4] Scuba divers face many dangers.SI If divers don’t release the air pressure in their ears, they can feel ear pain.D The bendsD is an illness divers can get from swimming to the surface of the ocean too quickly. It can cause Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

a rash, pain, or even death. Sadly, some scuba divers are harmed due to faulty gearD like broken watches or oxygen gauges. This material is a component of Lexia PowerUp Literacy™. PowerUp is a component of material Lexia This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For

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Task C: Preparing the Summary Cards (8 min.) • Find page 3. These are summary cards. Use the text with your annotations on page 2 to fill in the cards. Use a complete sentence for the main idea. You don’t have to use complete sentences for the other cards (teacher-led, individual, or peer activity).

SUBJECT

scuba diving

MAIN IDEA

With a scuba system, people can dive for long periods of time.

3 SUPPORTING IDEA 5 SUPPORTING IDEA 7 SUPPORTING IDEA

gear jobs dangers Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

4 DETAILS 6 DETAILS 8 DETAILS

• mask and fins • underwater • ear pain • scuba system with archaeologists • the bends oxygen tank and • marine contractors • faulty gear mouthpiece • scuba photographers • watch

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Task D: Presenting an Oral Summary (5 min.) On page 3, in the upper left-hand corner of each card, number your summary cards this way: • Subject is 1 • Main idea is 2 • First supporting idea is 3 • Details for first supporting idea is4 • Second supporting idea is 5 • Details for second supporting idea is 6 • Third supporting idea is 7 • Details for third supporting idea is 8 Using the summary cards in numerical order, orally summarize the text. [Model as needed: The subject is scuba diving. Divers can stay underwater for long periods of time. They need special gear such as a mask and fins, etc. Each student summarizes.]

Task E: Writing a Summary (15 min.) Use your cards to write a summary of the text. [Serve as the scribe and write a summary dictated by students. Or alone or with a peer, students write their own summaries. Prompt as needed: • Use the main idea on card 2 as the topic sentence. • Write one or two sentences using cards 3 and 4. • Write one or two sentences using cards 5 and 6. • Write one or two sentences with cards 7 and 8.]

Sample Summary: Scuba Diving Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. With scuba gear, divers can stay underwater for long periods of time. They

need special equipment such as a mask, fins, oxygen tank, and a watch. Certified scuba divers can also have special jobs. They can become archaeologists, marine contractors, or underwater photographers. But there are many dangers. Divers can get ear pain or the bends, or they can have problems from faulty gear.

Stretch Your Vocabulary The word marine is used in this passage about scuba diving. How is it used in the text? [to describe a job - marine contractors] Marine is an adjective that means having to do with water. What kind of job is a marine contractor? [underwater builder] What other words or phrases do

This material is a component of Lexia PowerUp Literacy™. PowerUp is a component of material Lexia This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For you know that have marine in them? [submarine, aquamarine] The word marine can also be used as a noun to tell about a person in the military.

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ANCHOR CHART The Structure of Informational Text Informational text informs.

subject The subject is what a text is mostly about.

main idea The main idea is the point the author is making about the subject.

The supporting ideas explain supporting supporting supporting the main idea. idea idea idea

The details describe the details details details supporting ideas. Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

So, what’s in it for me? If you begin reading an informational text by saying ugh! and finish reading it by saying huh?, knowing the structure of informational text will help. If you know the structure, you can organize information in your head as you read. When you’re finished, you can summarize the information you’ve learned. This will take the huh? out of reading informational text. As to the ugh! before you read, yeah, I get

This material is a component of Lexia PowerUp Literacy™. PowerUp is a component of material Lexia This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For that. But just remember, the more you know, the easier it is to understand informational text. What’s the best way to learn more? You guessed it - read more informational texts!

Reproducible page 1 Lexia Lessons® Comprehension Level 6, Activity 4

Task A: Defining the Elements • There are 4 important elements of an informational text. Fill in the missing parts of the graphic organizer and their definitions below using the elements in the boxes.

the point the author is what a text is mostly details main idea trying to make about about the subject describe the supporting idea subject explains the main idea supporting idea Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

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Task B: Finding the Elements in a Text

Scuba Diving

[2] Going scuba diving requires the right kind of gear. First of all, scuba divers need a well-fitting mask to see clearly and fins to move through the water. The scuba system has an oxygen tank and a tube connected to a mouthpiece that allows divers to breathe. Scuba divers also need a special diving watch to keep track of how long they have been under water.

[3] People can become certified scuba divers and get special jobs. People interested in shipwrecks and sea life can become underwater archaeologists. Underwater tunnels or bridges need to be built by marine contractors. All of these things can be photographed by an underwater scuba photographer. Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

[4] Scuba divers face many dangers. If divers don’t release the air pressure in their ears, they can feel ear pain. The bends is an illness divers can get from swimming to the surface of the ocean too quickly. It can cause a rash, pain, or even death. Sadly, some scuba divers are harmed due to faulty gear like broken watches or oxygen gauges.

KEY

Subject = S Main Idea = MI Supporting Idea = SI Detail = D This material is a component of Lexia PowerUp Literacy™. PowerUp is a component of material Lexia This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For

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Task C: Preparing the Summary Cards • Use the text and your notes to fill in the summary cards.

SUBJECT

MAIN IDEA

SUPPORTING IDEA SUPPORTING IDEA SUPPORTING IDEA Last updated 12/2017 Last updated www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.

DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS This material is a component of Lexia PowerUp Literacy™. PowerUp is a component of material Lexia This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For

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