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Finding Relevant Information and Asking Research Questions: The Benefits of Video Games Lesson PlanFinding Relevant Information and Asking Research Questions: The Benefits of Video Games Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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Grade
7th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Finding Relevant Information and Asking Research Questions: The Benefits of Video Games

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  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 4A (.pdf)
  • Grade 7 ELA Module 4A Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 4A, Unit 2 (.pdf)
  • Grade 7 ELA Module 4A, Unit 2, Lesson 4 (.html)
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Video games may not be so bad after all. As scholars read the text "The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games," they summarize the gist in their researchers' notebooks. Next, pupils draft supporting research questions based on their notes. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

informational texts, Research, the brain, evaluating claims, supporting evidence, textual evidence, argumentative writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide several examples of various types of evidence, including anecdotes, analogies, testimonies, and statistics
  • Allow English learners to partner with native English speakers for a read-aloud of the text

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson four of 19 from the Grade 7 ELA Module 4A, Unit 2 series
  • Lessons are cumulative and designed to be used in order

Pros

  • Offers tips for lesson differentiation 
  • Includes a teacher's guide for the researcher's notebook 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.7.7

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