Lessons tagged with "Literature"

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "what" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are asked to answer questions about details or actions after reading text . In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson practices answering specific questions about the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. This lesson contains who, when, and where questions. In Skill Development/Guided Practice, students are asked to tell which sentence they found the answer in. This prepares students to cite textual evidence.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on describing the setting in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students look for words that describe the setting (answers to where, when, or what is it like), and then they circle pictures that match the words. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading lesson requires students to describe characters in a story. Reading passages can be read aloud, or chorally for students that might need extra help reading. Teacher should guide students in analyzing each sentence to find textual evidence (key details) that supports the character’s description. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying characters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the story and think about who talks or does something in order to identify character(s). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the plot in a story. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the problem and solution (events) within a passage to better understand the plot. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on retelling stories and details that express the central message or lesson. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "who" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are asked to answer questions about people or animals after reading text . In addition to the lesson, there are nine pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on answering "where" questions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students students use grade appropriate text to answer numerous "where" questions about place and location. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading literature lesson has students reading two similar stories and finding similarities and differences. Students will read the stories and determine the major similarities and differences

This reading literature lesson covers the answering of who, when, and where questions about narrative or literary text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will read the text, answer questions about the characters and setting, and verify the answer by referring back to the text.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying an author's purpose for writing a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify if the author's purpose for writing a text is to entertain, inform or persuade the reader. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on how to restate details from the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students answer where, when, and how questions to restate details from the text. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This Common Core writing lesson helps students practice writing a narrative. In this lesson, students will review given story details (character, setting, events, and ending) and place these in a graphic organizer. Then, the students will write a narrative in complete sentences based on the prewriting organizer. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on recognizing cause-and-effect relationships. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the cause and effect in sentences and use the clue word "because" to check if they are correct . In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading literature lesson covers how to determine the central message in a narrative or literary text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will read the text, identify a character, and then identify a clue word that shows the character learned a lesson about life. What the character learns is then identified as the central message.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on determining what characters are like by what they say and do. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify what a character says and does in a story to determine their character traits (e.g., smart, brave, tricky, kind, dishonest, etc.). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comprehending plots of myths. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the characteristics of fairy tales (the made-up story that explains something, gods and goddesses, etc.) to comprehend the plot of myths. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on distinguishing forms of literature. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read different passages and use the characteristics of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama to distinguish different forms of literature. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comprehending plots of fairy tales. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the characteristics of fairy tales (magic, happy ending, etc.) to comprehend the plot of fairy tales. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on determining what characters are like by how the author and illustrator portray them. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the written words of an author and the details in an illustration by an illustrator to determine what characters are like. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on modifying predictions about text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text and prior knowledge to modify incorrect predictions. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on comprehending plots of fables. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the characteristics of fables (decision making, a moral) to comprehend the plot of fables. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on recognizing onomatopoeia. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the use of onomatopoeia in poetry and short passages. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing applications lesson focuses on writing responses to literature. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are provided a prompt and reading passage. Students underline details in the passage that support the prompt then write a response that includes an intro, body, and conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are three more of the same activity in Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading literature lesson focuses on comparing the broad patterns of events in stories. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. There is also a separate whiteboard insert for students to more easily do the student work without flipping back and forth in the handout.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying figurative language - specifically similes and metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify examples of similes and metaphors in a short passage and explain the meaning. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the main events of the plot. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage, and the bold problem and solution. Then, they identify the main events of the plot. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on contrasting the motives and actions of characters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage about two characters and complete a graphic organizer identifying the motives and actions of each character as well as the outcome. Then, they answer a multiple choice question that contrasts the motives and actions. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the characteristics of poetry and drama. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage, noting any characteristics of poetry or drama (based on a given table). Then, they determine if the text is poetry or drama and explain their answer by listing all the characteristics they found. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on analyzing characterization. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage about a specific character and identify textual evidence that develops the character's traits. Each sentence from the passage is classified as character's words, actions, or thoughts. Then, students analyze the method the author used to create characterization. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on identifying the characteristics of poetry and drama. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage, noting any characteristics of poetry or drama (based on a given table). Then, they determine if the text is poetry or drama and explain their answer by listing all the characteristics they found. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This Common Core reading literature lesson analyzes the impact of allusions in a text. In this lesson, students will read text with a given allusion. Next, they will interpret the allusion by describing the person or event it alludes to (based on prior knowledge or a provided summary), and then explain the connection between the allusion and the text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. Familiarity with lesson 7.L.5a Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context would be helpful. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

This reading literature lesson focuses on how to determine the impact of analogies in a text, and see how they are related to metaphors and similes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify two things being compared in a poem, look for words that suggest the comparison, identify the qualities they have in common, and analyze the impact of the analogy.

This craft and structure lesson is focused on identifying parts of a book. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the different parts of a book, including author and/or illustrator. In addition to the lesson, there are multiple pages of independent practice and review. Consider incorporating actual books from around the classroom. This will give you more of a variety of what the students will see.

This Reading Comprehension lesson focuses on identifying the setting in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying characters in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

This literary response and analysis lesson covers the distinction between fantasy and realistic text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will distinguish if the text is fantasy or realistic, based on whether an event can happen in real life or not. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

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.

This lesson provides teachers with a great way to teach What, Why, and How Questions. Resources include a nice handout, and whiteboards are recommended.