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Cite Evidence that Supports an Assertion
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on citing evidence that supports an assertion in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage, looking for evidence that supports the given assertion (these are labeled "supporting evidence"). Then they fill in the table with accurate, supporting citations. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Cite Textual Evidence to Support Inferences
This Reading Informational Text lesson focuses on citing textual evidence to support inferences. In this lesson, students will read a short text and identify the textual evidence to support a given inference. Students will also justify why a sentence may or may not support the inference.
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Answer What and How Questions
This lesson is a part of the Link to Literacy Program.
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Analyze Chronological Order in Text
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
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Use Text Features to Locate Information
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
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Plan and Write a Problem-and-Solution Essay
This writing applications lesson focuses on writing a problem and solution essay. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the topic or problem. Then, they list three possible solutions and persuasive evidence to support each solution. Next, they select the best solution of the three and defend their answer. Last, students write a problem and solution essay that includes an intro, body, and conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Write a Concluding Paragraph for Expository Text
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a concluding paragraph for expository text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. Then, they select the best sentence to add to the end of the text to build a better conclusion and write a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are six pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Plan an Opinion Piece
W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.6.1.AW.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
W.6.1.BW.6.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
W.6.1.CW.6.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
W.6.1.DW.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.1.EW.6.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
This writing lesson covers how to plan an opinion piece. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the topic and decide their position about it. Then they identify three appeals for their position, focusing on logical, emotional, and ethical. They also restate their position for a summary. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of new topics for review.
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Write an Opinion Piece
W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.6.1.AW.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
W.6.1.BW.6.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
W.6.1.CW.6.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
W.6.1.DW.6.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.1.EW.6.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
This writing lesson covers how to write an opinion piece. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students write an introduction that introduces the topic and states their position. Then, they write paragraphs that use logical, emotional, or ethical appeals to the audience. Finally, they write a summary paragraph that restates their position. These sentences are based on the planning charts created in the Plan an Opinion Piece lesson. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of new topics for review.
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Plan and Write a Cause and Effect Essay
W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.6.2.AW.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
W.6.2.BW.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
W.6.2.CW.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
W.6.2.DW.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
W.6.2.EW.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.2.FW.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
This writing lesson covers how to plan informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the research and identify related information that is needed to complete a graphic organizer. Then they complete the graphic organizer which asks for topic, three facts and details, and a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.
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Plan and Write Informative Text
W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.6.2.AW.6.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
W.6.2.BW.6.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
W.6.2.CW.6.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
W.6.2.DW.6.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
W.6.2.EW.6.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style.
W.6.2.FW.6.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
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Recognize Descriptive Phrases
This writing lesson covers how to recognize descriptive details, such as adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the descriptive phrase, then identify which word the phrase describes. Finally, they will determine what the descriptive phrase gives more details about. Also, passages of descriptive text are provided with questions about the descriptive phrases.
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Use Descriptive Phrases
This writing lesson covers how to use descriptive phrases, such as adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases to be more precise. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given a basic sentence along with instructions for adding a type of feeling, color, motion, shape, etc. Students select the most precise descriptive phrase and rewrite the sentence with the new phrase.