Lessons tagged with "beliefs"
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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 a passage and label each sentence as fact or opinion. Students must defend their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use the Biographical Approach to Analyze a Work of Literature
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on using the biographical approach to analyzing a work of literature. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage and then underline the sentences that reflect the author's life. Then, they determine whether the biographical reference shows the author's heritage, traditions, beliefs, or attitudes. Finally, they interpret what the author's life was like. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.