LESSON 7: W5-H, Grades 7-8

Lesson Objectives:

• To analyze a newspaper article using the acronym W5-H: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How as a tool

Curriculum Expectations:

Grade 7 Language

• R1.4 demonstrate understanding of increasingly complex texts by summarizing important ideas and citing a variety of details that support the main idea
• R1.5 develop and explain interpretations of increasingly complex or difficult texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts to support their interpretations

Grade 8 Language

• R1.4 demonstrate understanding of increasingly complex and difficult texts by summarizing important ideas and explaining how the details support the main idea
• R1.5 develop and explain interpretations of increasingly complex or difficult texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts to support their interpretations