CA Treasures 5th Grade –Unit 5 ELD Writing Process-Expository Research Report
Criteria Chart, Advanced Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps and Sample Communication Guide
Chart #1 WK3
Features of an
Expository Research Report
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It includes a question that the writer
wants to figure out
It shows clearly what the topic or
idea is
It has many facts, details, examples,
and explanations.
It organizes the information so the
writer’s unique interest is stated.
Chart #2 WK3
Summary Oral Presentation
Criteria Chart
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Did I introduce myself?
Did I begin by
introducing the topic or
question to figure out?
Did I include main ideas
and details?
Did I include examples
and explanations?
Did I refer to my visual
or artifact during my
presentation?
CA Treasures 5th Grade –Unit 5 ELD Writing Process-Expository Research Report
Criteria Chart, Advanced Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps and Sample Communication Guide
Chart #3, WK 3
forest
desert
Ecosystems
marine
CA Treasures 5th Grade –Unit 5 ELD Writing Process-Expository Research Report
Criteria Chart, Advanced Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps and Sample Communication Guide
Chart #4
Ecosystem
Climate
Animals
Plants
Chart #4: Teacher Model
Opening Topic:
Marine Ecosystem
The marine ecosystem has its own plants and animals that effect how they live.
Plants
Phytoplankan are tiny
plants that float in the sea
Plants are producers
Animals
Krill
Seabirds
Zooplankton
Primary consumers
Eat fish
Eat phytoplankon
Shrimp, fish, and whales
eat krill
Closer:
The plants and animals that make up the marine ecosystem need each other in order to survive.
CA Treasures 5th Grade –Unit 5 ELD Writing Process-Expository Research Report
Criteria Chart, Advanced Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps and Sample Communication Guide
Possible Student Tree Map:
Opening Topic:
Desert Ecosystem
The desert ecosystem has its own plants and animals that effect how they live.
Plants
Animals
cacti and smaller
plants that need
little water
Primary
consumers
Climate
Small predators
Large predators
hot
eat smaller
predators
little rain
smaller lizards
eat insects and
small lizards
insects
rattlesnake
Kit fox
larger lizards
Golden eagle
geckos
Closer:
The plants and animals that make up the desert ecosystem create a balance of life.
Chart #5: Tree Map of Anchor Paper – Bull Moose Party
The Bull Moose Party
Opening Topic:
There have been other parties in U.S. politics
Bull Moose
Outcome
Started with the split from Republican Party
in 1912
Bull Moose didn’t win because it split the
Republican Party vote
Nominated Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson won
He said he was as “strong as a bull moose”
(this is how the party got its name)
the Bull Moose party became part of the
Democratic Party
Closer: Bull Moose party didn’t last, but it had a strong effect on U.S. politics.
CA Treasures 5th Grade –Unit 5 ELD Writing Process-Expository Research Report
Criteria Chart, Advanced Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps and Sample Communication Guide
COMMUNICATION GUIDE
SIMPLE (ELD 1-2) Student uses basic vocabulary from Thinking Map or Graphic Organizer to
complete guide.
Plants and animals in the marine ecosystem help each other survive.
Topic sentence #1: Many different plants live in the marine ecosystem.
Detail: Phytoplankan are tiny plants that float in the sea.
Detail: Plants are producers and provide food for many fish and animals.
Topic sentence #2: There are many different animals that live in the marine ecosystem.
Detail: Shrimp, small fish, big fish, and whales live in the sea.
Detail: Larger fish eat smaller fish.
Closing statement: Plants and animals that live in the marine ecosystem help create a balance.
ELABORATED (ELD 3) Student uses basic vocabulary from Thinking Map or Graphic
Note:
Language
for Communication
Guide will
vary
based on number of events identified.
Organizer
and supports
adds descriptive
words to complete
the
guide.
Opening: (questions or topic to find out about) _________________________________.
Topic sentence #1: _____________________________
Detail: _____________________________________
Detail: ____________________________________
Topic sentence #2: _____________________________
Detail: _____________________________________
Detail: ____________________________________
Closing/Summary statement: ________________________________
COMPLEX (ELD 4-5) Student uses vivid and precise vocabulary to create their own complex
sentences.
Opening: (questions or topic to find out about) _________________________________.
Topic sentence #1: _____________________________
Detail: _____________________________________
Detail: ____________________________________
Topic sentence #2: _____________________________
Detail: _____________________________________
Detail: ____________________________________
Closing/Summary statement: ________________________________