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\nFlocabulary: Language Arts\n

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\nViewers of a four-video collection can go with the flow as they listen and watch raps about hyperbole, types of text structure, pronouns, and setting. The clever animation, rhymes, repetition, and catchy music are sure to engage the...\n
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\nThe 5 Types of Text Structure\n

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\nDeveloping an informational text is like designing a building—if the structure is weak, it will not stand. A language arts video provides an overview of the five types of text structure. A catchy song and specific examples help give a...\n
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\nDifferent Types of Writing\n

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\nWhat type of writing is this? Learners read a brief introduction to various types of text: instructions, explanations, poems, folk tales, novels, informative, and arguments. The introduction doesn't explain these, so...\n
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\nDifferent Types of Text\n

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\nIn this different types of text worksheet, students review, brainstorm and analyze what a persuasive text is and what an instructive text is. Students then answer what type of text ten examples are as shown.\n
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\nIdentifying Author's Purpose\n

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\nThe multi-lesson, 47-page packet contains everything you need to ensure kids can recognize the clues provided to identify the type of text, the intended audience, and the author's purpose in writing the passage.\n
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\nWhat Am I?\n

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\nIn this different types of text instructional activity, students in pairs write a description of a picture and read it to the group to see if they can guess what's on the card.\n
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\nUnderstanding Informational Text Features\n

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\nEverything you need to know about informational text features can be found in this resource. Recognizing these types of text features and how they are used in text allows readers to better understand information. Teachers...\n
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\nDefining Literacy in a Digital World\n

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\nWhat skills are necessary to interact with different types of text? Twenty-first century learners live in a digital world and must develop a whole new set of skills to develop media literacy. Class members engage in a series of...\n
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\nConnecting Kansas: Past and Present\n

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\nUpper graders identify five forms of transportation and describe how Kansans are connected to the rest of the country using transportation and communication. They complete a graphic organizer for each type of text structure given to them...\n
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\nWhere the Red Fern Grows: Question Answer Response Strategy\n

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\nWhat makes a good question? Middle schoolers explore the use of questioning through QAR, the question answer response strategy, while reading Where the Red Fern Grows. They learn about the four types of questions: right there, think...\n
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\nHelp Your Child Become a Better Reader\n

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\nEnsure that your learners can read both fiction and nonfiction texts with ease! This resource includes questions that individuals can ask themselves while reading either type of text to help learners comprehend the text, make...\n
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\nLocate Key Information in Nonfiction Text\n

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\nInterpret nonfiction text with your class. Readers use key information found in nonfiction text to answer questions and problem solve. They utilize the chapter headings, diagrams, glossary, maps, and captions as well as the table of...\n
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\nCiting Evidence and Building Vocabulary: “The Exterminator”\n

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\nIt is an out-of-body experience. Scholars take a look at the sidebars outside the body of the text in The Exterminator. They discuss the purpose of this type of text feature and work to determine the gist. Learners write unfamiliar...\n
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\nHere is an engaging and thought-provoking presentation on newspapers. Learners identify different types of text, study layouts, look at common features, and differentiate between fact and opinion in newspapers. Photos are included, and a...\n
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\nNotices and Wonders of the Second Stanza of “If”\n

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\nHere is an instructional activity that asks pupils to analyze poetry and sparks discussion about two different types of texts: asking how is the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling alike and different from the story, Bud, Not Buddy by...\n
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\nDetermining Author's Point of View: The Sneeches \n

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\nDetermine the author's point of view in a text. Young readers read Dr. Seuss' The Sneeches and identify the author's purpose in the story. They identify persuasive techniques in writing, asking and answering questions to better...\n
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\nInformational Text Features \n

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\nHow can you tell if the text you're reading is informational or narrative? Show your reading class this basic PowerPoint to illustrate the characteristics of an informational text. What makes this presentation especially effective is...\n
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\nAuthor's Purpose\n

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\nA simple activity for young readers, this introduces the idea of author purpose. Learners analyze various types of texts (newspaper articles, magazines, books, advertisements, etc.) and determine if the author's purpose for writing was...\n
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\nA Questionnaire: What Do You Like to Read?\n

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\nWhat do your fifth graders know about types of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry? Find out as they fill out this questionnaire that requires them to list authors and texts that exemplify each genre. Not only will you be able to assess what...\n
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\nFiction and Nonfiction\n

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\nYour emerging readers know not to judge a book by its cover, but they can categorize these titles into either fiction or nonfiction. There are four book covers pictured here, and scholars record the titles under the corresponding text...\n
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\nPablita Indian Legends\n

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\nScholars are introduced to the characteristics of a legend. They read and discuss Old Father Story Teller by Pablita Velarde. Then, in groups, they write and illustrate a poem based on one of the legends from the book. This lesson plan...\n
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\nMixed Bags: Fiction and Nonfiction\n

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\nThe second in a series of three lessons from Scholastic comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction, this activity requires learners to read, write, and compare two books independently. After briefly reviewing the features of...\n
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\nLibrary Lesson Plan\n

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\nExplain the differences between fiction and non-fiction and the characteristics of a biography. Learners analyze three pieces of literature on the same topic to determine which is fiction and which is non-fiction. In the end, relate the...\n
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