Lessons tagged with "evidence"
Make Predictions
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on making predictions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use clues from the text they read, as well as prior knowledge to make predictions. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Draw Conclusions
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on drawing conclusions from a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question identifying the topic. Then, they underline evidence in the text that may lead to a conclusion about the topic. Finally, they choose one of four conclusions and then justify it. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Cite Evidence that Supports an Assertion
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Assess the Evidence that Supports an Author's Assertion
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on assessing the evidence that supports an author's assertion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text and the author's claim. Then, they determine if the evidence provided is accurate. Next, students assess whether the evidence is appropriate and adequate. last, they assess the evidence that supports the author's assertion. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Assess the Evidence that Supports an Author's Argument
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to assess the evidence that supports an author’s argument in informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify whether the evidence is accurate, appropriate, or adequate.
Analyze How an Author Acknowledges Conflicting Evidence or Viewpoints
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how an author deals with conflicting viewpoints in a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the author's point of view and analyze how he or she acknowledges or responds to conflicting viewpoints.
Cite Textual Evidence to Support Inferences
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the text. The less This skill and concept should expand into larger works of informational text as the year progresses. The term conclusion is used in some assessments to evaluate inference (Smarter Balanced). Students will need to know that conclusion and inference are sometimes used interchangeably.
Cite Textual Evidence that Supports Analysis of Text
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Describe the Evidence that All Elements Greater than Lithium were Formed by Nuclear Fusion in Stars
- Grade:
- High School
- Subject:
- Science
This earth science lesson focuses on describing the evidence that all elements greater than Lithium were formed by nuclear fusion in stars. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a scenario and identify important information. Then, they count the number of protons and neutrons to determine if the nuclear fusion reaction is correct. Finally, students write a statement to describe how the element was created by the stars. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Evaluate the Credibility of an Author's Argument
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Cite Textual Evidence that Supports Analysis of Text
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Evaluate the Credibility of an Author's Argument
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts