Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading,
writing, and thinking using multiple
texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific
characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly
complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is
expected to:
A mini-book about a Founding Father is the perfect tool for your students to use when learning about Alexander Hamilton.
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
Implement a complete study of nonfiction text features with an “All About Me” Nonfiction Text Features project in Digital or Paper format.
Differentiate reading instruction with nonfiction texts, compare and contrast activities, and response to text writing opportunities.
Teach your students how to write a good constructed response and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a Westward Expansion-based Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.
Teach your students how to write a good constructed response and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a Mexican Cession-based Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.
Use this biographical writing poster with annotations to help your students understand how to write an engaging biography.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Jessica Watson.
Review our profile on Nigerian social pioneer Obiageli Ezekwesili and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
An article and comprehension task that celebrates women during World War 1.
Meet famous Black History Month figures with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Review our profile on Congresswoman and first Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on the first African American President of the United States, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on Vice President Kamala Harris and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on history-maker Thomas Mundy Peterson and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on Illinois Senator Carol Moseley Braun and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on civil rights activist Amelia Boynton and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech text and explore the metaphors he used to convey his message through the accompanying questions.
Read a short article, answer 10 comprehension questions, and use the gathered knowledge to write a central idea sentence about the text.
Identify elements of an argumentative essay and write original claim sentences to support individual reasoning.
Identify literary genres through a set of 12 task cards with short text passages and multiple-choice questions.
Teach your students the basics of what makes a good argumentative essay through this downloadable PowerPoint presentation.
In this figurative language matching game, students will pair 24 phrase cards with their corresponding literary device.
A set of 16 flash cards to practice defining the different elements of a drama.
A set of 24 sorting cards to practice identifying different text structures.
A poem that explores the feelings students may experience when heading back to school after an extended break.
A worksheet to record different text features found in a piece of text.
A set of 12 task cards to practice working with figurative language.
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching sound devices to your students.