Lessons tagged with "speaker"
Use Quotation Marks Around the Exact Words of a Speaker
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dialog tag. Then, they punctuate the sentence with quotation marks and read the sentence again, paying attention to the quotation marks. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Commas in Direct Quotations
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using commas in direct quotations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read sentences with quotation marks and identify the speaker. Then, they punctuate the sentence by adding the comma in the correct place. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Characteristics of Poetry and Drama
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Analyze the Structure of Poetry and Drama
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.