Students will read a text, identify its organizational pattern, highlight signal words, create a visual representation/graphic organizer, and present to the class.

Students will use a graphic organizer to draft the introduction paragraph of their expository essays.

Students used organizational patterns (compare and contrast, argumentative, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological) to create anchor charts. Students then worked in groups to analyze text and plan a composition, using the anchor charts to complete the tasks. Ultimately, students created a plan from a self-generated topic to demonstrate an understanding of the use of organizational patterns. 

Students will work with partners, as well as independently, to create and evaluate summaries of expository text.

Students will be able to determine the meaning of words using Greek, Latin, or other linguistic roots and affixes.

Students will practice using a protocol to create a summary of an expository text.