Grade 5 English: Informational and Argumentative Reading
Free Grade 5 English unit on Informational and Argumentative Reading: 10 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.
10 lessons in this unit
Main ideas
Identify the main idea of a text and the key details that support it, and separate them from minor details.
Lesson 2Supporting evidence
Identify the facts, statistics, examples and expert statements that support a writer’s points.
Lesson 3Text organisation
Recognise how informational texts are organised, including chronology, comparison, cause and effect and problem and solution.
Lesson 4Author’s purpose
Identify an author’s purpose (to inform, persuade, entertain or explain) and the clues that show it.
Lesson 5Claims and reasons
Identify an author’s claim in an argument and the reasons and evidence given to support it.
Lesson 6Facts and opinions
Distinguish facts that can be checked from opinions that express beliefs or feelings.
Lesson 7Evaluating explanations
Judge the quality of a written explanation by its accuracy, clarity, completeness and evidence.
Lesson 8Comparing sources
Compare two or more sources on the same topic for similarities, differences and reliability.
Lesson 9Summarising arguments
Summarise an argument briefly in your own words, covering the claim, main reasons and the conclusion.
Lesson 10Evidence-based conclusions
Draw a conclusion supported by evidence from one or more texts and explain the reasoning.