Lessons tagged with "topic"
Identify the Main Topic
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, with prompting and support, students will identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Identify the Main Topic of a Multi-Paragraph Text
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core reading informational text lesson focuses on determining the main topic in a text. In this lesson, students will determine the main topic of a text and then the key details that support that main topic. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Plan and Write Informative Text
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing lesson helps students practice writing informative text. In this lesson, students will read given research notes on a topic, then develop a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences, and a concluding sentence using a graphic organizer. (Also aligns with standard 3.W.7.)
Plan and Write an Opinion Piece
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing lesson focuses on writing an opinion piece. In this lesson, students will introduce a topic or text, state their opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists appropriate reasons. (Also aligns to standard 3.W.1b.)
Use Technology to Revise Writing
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing lesson requires students to revise their writing by deleting content that does not fit the topic of the text and adding content where elaboration is needed. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students must select the best sentences to add and delete from multiple choices.
Determine an Author's Point of View
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading informational text lesson covers how to determine an author’s point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify words or details in the text that convey the author’s point of view on a topic. Then, they will write a brief explanation justifying their understanding.
Identify the Author's Point of View
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying an authors point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage to determine the author's point of view. Then, they go back to the text to identify supporting details that help develop the author's point of view. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine and Analyze an Author's Point of View
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying an authors point of view. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the passage to determine the author's point of view. Then, they go back to the text to identify supporting details that help develop the author's point of view. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Rotation Stations (Vowel-r eer [eer & ear] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Vowel-r air [air & are] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Describe the Relationship Between Illustrations and Text
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Contractions [is, are, have, had] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words with Prefixes and Suffixes & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Schwa Words & Letter l & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Contractions [will, not, would] & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development