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This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the conflict and resolution in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage, and identify the conflict (or the problem a character is having). Then, they read further to determine the resolution and answer multiple choice questions about the conflict and its resolution. 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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This reading literature lesson requires students to describe the events in a story using specific details from the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students must answer specific questions about events in the story.

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This reading informational text lesson covers how to summarize informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the central idea and key details of the text and then summarize the text based on a checklist of what to include or not include.

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This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to determine the main idea and key details of a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are given examples where the main idea is located near the beginning of the text and near the end of the text. Students are also asked to look at other possible details and determine which would best fit the main idea of the text. This lesson provides students with a great foundation for writing informational text. This lesson includes a whiteboard insert that students can use to record their answers during the initial lesson or plan their own writing in the future.

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This reading comprehension lesson helps students describe text features that make information accessible and usable. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a text, looking for text features, such as titles, bold, italics, bullets, etc. as well as visual features, such as charts, diagrams, illustrations, maps, etc. Then, they write in complete sentences to describe how each feature emphasizes or draws attention to specific information. 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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This reading comprehension lesson focuses on discerning stated main ideas and supporting evidence in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text to determine how the sentences are related. They identify the topic and supporting evidence, and finally circle the main idea. 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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This reading comprehension lesson focuses on distinguishing between fact and opinion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read each sentence and distinguish if it is a fact or an opinion. Then, they have to defend their answer in writing. 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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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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This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on contrasting points of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify who is telling the story and their point of view (1st person, 3rd person). Then, if the narrator is 3rd person, students scan the text again identifying keywords that signal whether the narrator is 3rd person omniscient or limited. 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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This writing lesson uses teacher guidance and support to help students write a paragraph that is appropriate to the task and purpose. In this lesson, students will review a topic, write a topic sentence, add details, and a concluding idea in a graphic organizer. Then, they will write a paragraph.

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This writing lesson covers how to revise writing by adding or deleting sentences based on how they support the main idea. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to change the written text to improve it by determining which details support the main idea and which don’t. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

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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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This writing strategies lesson focuses on revising writing to improve organization of ideas between paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage, noticing the underlined repeated words or ideas. Then, using synonyms and transitions, students improve the organization and flow of the text through revising. 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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This Common Core writing lesson covers how to write informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students write at least one complete sentence for each section of the planning chart completed in the Plan Informative Text lesson. Then, they use an editing checklist to identify and correct any errors. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of topics for review and extended thinking.

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This Common Core writing lesson covers how to plan informative text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core 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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This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a multi-paragraph narrative composition. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer that describes the introduction, the body, and the conclusion of their composition based on a given prompt. Then, they use the organizer to write a four-paragraph composition. In addition to the lesson, there are eleven pages of Independent Practice and review with prompts and organizers provided.

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This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentences, circling the coordinating conjunction and identifying the relationship of the clauses, if any. Then, they label the subject and verb and determine if it is a compound sentence or not. If it is, then they insert the proper comma. 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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