Chapter 1 Looking Up Information

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Chapter 1 Looking Up Information

• Goals
• To understand and use alphabetical order.
• To use guide words, headings, and book division
  to find information quickly.
• To identify key words.
• To learn how to find information on a specific
  topic by using related words and topics.
• To use the different parts of a book to find
  information.
• To use internet to find information.

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Lesson 1 Alphabetical OrderStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will alphabetize lists of words.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary Alphabetical Order
• Read pages 2-5
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D,E
• Complete Workbook Activity 1,2
• Activity 1,2
• Review Lesson 1

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Lesson 2 Guide WordsStandard English Language
Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s) Why
Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will determine what topics appear on a page with
specific guide words.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary guide words
• Read pages 6-9
• Complete Exercise A,B,C
• Complete Workbook Activity 3
• Activity 3
• Review lesson 2

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Lesson 3 Using Guide WordsStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will use guide words to find information.

• Warm-Up
• Put these words in ABC order
• Red
• Reef
• Reduce
• reap
• Read pages 10-13
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D
• Complete Workbook Activity 4
• Activity 4
• Review lesson 3

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Lesson 4 Knowing what to look upStandard
English Language Arts Standard OneEssential
Question(s) Why Write?Why share personal
experiences in writing?What makes writing worth
reading?How do writers express their thoughts
and feelings?Why do we need grammar? Lesson
Objectives Students will identify key words,
synonyms, and related topics associated with a
specific topic.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary topic, subtopic, key word
• Read pages 14-19
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D,E
• Complete Workbook Activity 5,6
• Activity 5
• Review lesson 4

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Lesson 5 Where to Look for InformationStandard
English Language Arts Standard OneEssential
Question(s) Why Write?Why share personal
experiences in writing?What makes writing worth
reading?How do writers express their thoughts
and feelings?Why do we need grammar? Lesson
Objectives Students will use a table of
contents, an index, and the Internet to find
information.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary reference book, table of contents,
  chapter, preface
• Read pages 20-25
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D,E
• Complete Workbook Activity 7
• Activity 6
• Review lesson 5

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Lesson 6 Using the InternetStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar? Lesson Objectives Students
will use the internet to find and save
information.

• Warm-Up
• Vocabulary online, data, ISP
• Read pages 26-31
• Complete Exercise A,B,C,D
• Complete Workbook Activity 8
• Activity 7
• Review lesson 6

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Lesson 6 Using the InternetStandard English
Language Arts Standard OneEssential Question(s)
Why Write?Why share personal experiences in
writing?What makes writing worth reading?How do
writers express their thoughts and feelings?Why
do we need grammar?

• Review Chapter 1
• Test on Chapter 1