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“Apples” Informational: Illustrations, Key Details and Informational Writing

1st Grade • 1 Lesson Plan
$2.00
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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

  • Focus on using illustrations and details in a text to describe key ideas
  • Complete a chart using adjectives to describe apples with a sentence frame.
  • Write informative/explanatory text in which they tell all about apples based on information from the text
 

Materials Needed: Required:

  • copy of the picture book Apples, by Gail Gibbons
  • red & green marker (for teacher only)
  • Writing paper for students
  • Pencils, crayons/colored pencils, chart paper -or- document camera/whiteboard

Printable Resources: Optional: printable "Exit Slip" as an assessment component (1 copy per student)

CCSS: RI.1.7, W.1.2

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Fully scripted lesson perfect for English Language Learners!  Based on the book Apples, by Gail Gibbons.  Students will:

  • Participate in a shared read to practice describing apples using various adjectives
  • Focus on using illustrations and details in a text to describe key ideas
  • Complete a chart using adjectives to describe a plural noun (apples) with a sentence frame
  • Write a paragraph telling all about apples

** Purchasing both this 1 hour lesson plan and the Lesson Plan Bundle: “Apples” Informational Bundle, will result in duplicated content.