Informational Essay Unit:
In this unit, students will engage in informational/explanatory writing by examining an historical event of their choice and conveying ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. After learning about chronological structure, summary, and descriptive writing, students will develop a research question to drive their search for credible sources. After researching, they will develop a central idea to help them select and group relevant details, quotations, examples, and other information into categories. Students will then organize information by time order and analyze their findings to explain the relationship between key moments of the event and its overall cultural significance (Adapted from the 7th Grade MAISA ELA Units).