Lessons tagged with "structure"

This writing applications lesson focuses on how to write a friendly letter. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice using the parts of a letter (date, greeting, body, closing, signature) to write a letter to a friend or family member. 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 describing structural differences between myths and fables. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify characteristics of either a myth (humans, gods & goddesses, etc.) or a fable (animal characters, moral, etc.). Then, they determine if the passage is a myth or a fable. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading informational text lesson teaches students how to analyze text that has a cause and effect text structure. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students have to identify the cause and effect within a paragraph and then select from four options the option which best summarizes the main cause and effect of the passage.

This reading informational text lesson covers how to compare texts based on different text structures. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a chronological, comparison, cause/effect, or problem/solution text structure, and then compare two texts with different structures.

This earth science lesson focuses on analyzing the structures that form at plate boundaries. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and complete a graphic organizer. They identify information that describes the type of boundary (convergent, divergent, transform) and the structure formed (mountain, volcano, trench, etc.). In addition to the lesson, there is one page of Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This life science lesson focuses on explaining why mutations affect the structure and function of the organism. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and complete a graphic organizer to identify the effect of a mutation(s). Then, they identify the effects that the environment has on the organism (was the mutation harmful, beneficial, or neutral). Finally, students justify their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are three pages for Independent Practice and review modeled after current adaptive testing items.