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Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 12 of 18

Plan, Question and Research

Choose a topic, ask good questions and find sources

What your child practises

Choosing a focused topic for an audience and purpose, planning with webs and notes, asking open-ended questions, using several sources and noticing gaps.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.5.B1.2, ELA.5.B1.4, ELA.5.C1.1, ELA.5.C1.2, ELA.5.C1.3 · choosing a topic, asking questions, gathering sources and planning a piece of writing

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    You notice your notes say nothing about where an animal lives. What do you do?

    • skip the animal
    • find more information about its habitat
    • leave the gap and hope

  2. Question 2

    An audio interview is a source that you…

    • listen to and take notes from
    • only watch
    • only read

  3. Question 3

    Which details would a writer gather for a report on the Red River?

    • a favourite song
    • where it flows, who lives along it, how it floods
    • a cooking recipe

  4. Question 4

    What is a research planner?

    • a kind of dictionary
    • a final copy
    • a chart that lists your questions, sources and notes

  5. Question 5

    Jot notes are…

    • a long copy of the page
    • a finished paragraph
    • short words and phrases that record key ideas

  6. Question 6

    Which topic would be too big for a short report?

    • Why the loon calls at night
    • How a lock on a canal works
    • The whole history of Canada

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