Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...
Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 11

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful lesson. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about primary and secondary...
Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Work out your core, Common Core State Standards, through the first workshop in a series of 15 designed for educators. Inquiry-based activities designed for all content areas and grade levels explore the shifts to new standards,...
Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 5

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...
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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...
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Other

Alpha Dictionary: Most Often Misspelled Words in English

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...
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Other

Word reference.com

For Students 9th - 10th
By simply using the side, blue navigation bar, you can get very complete dictionary-style references for English-Spanish and Spanish-English translations. Easy to understand. Idioms are included. There is also a free download which...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials: Printed and Electronic (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on using resources such as dictionaries, thesauruses (or thesauri), and glossaries to find and use words that will improve not only your reading skills but also your writing skills. L.11-12.4c References
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Strategies: Multiple Choice Review: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lessons on roots and affixes, denotation and connotation, context clues, origins and meanings of foreign words, cognates, and reference materials help determine word meanings. These lessons told you HOW to use these word discovery tools....
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Guides (English Iii Reading)

For Students 10th - 12th
Use reference guides to help you understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A dictionary is one of the most useful reference books anybody could ever use. Learn how to properly understand a dictionary's formatting and content! [0:46]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Add and Subtract Fractions: Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Add and Subtract Fractions Word Problems

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Practice solving fraction addition and subtraction word problems. The fractions in these problems have unlike denominators. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
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Other

Shakespeare Portal: Frequently Encountered Words

For Students 9th - 10th
A glossary of one hundred words which may be unfamiliar to modern English speakers, but which are widely used in Shakespeare's plays. Each entry includes a definition and several references from Shakespeare's plays. Each reference...
Activity
Other

The "Q" Words (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a listing of the confusing yet necessary words in Latin that begin with the letter "q". Best for more advanced readers, but useful for anyone who likes well organized lists.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Reference Materials to Correctly Spell Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Some words may sound like other words, but using the wrong word can lead to confusion and madness. A dictionary would be helpful to make sure you know what you're talking about! [0:40]
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials: Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: When to Use "Me", "Myself" and "I"

For Students 9th - 10th
Me, myself, and I. You may be tempted to use these words interchangeably because they all refer to the same thing. But in fact, each one has a specific role in a sentence: 'I' is a subject pronoun, 'me' is an object pronoun, and 'myself'...
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Other

Essay Transition Words: Compare and Contrast Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This reference page focuses on compare and contrast transition words including defining transitions and compare and contrast transitions, providing a list of transition words, and showing how to use transitions in writing essays.
Handout
Other

Uncp: Using a Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Curious about what a dictionary might tell you beyond how to spell a word? This site will walk you through the basics of using any dictionary, as well as suggest why you might want to consult one on a regular basis. L.9-10.4c References,...
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Understand Content Words

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A reference page that shows you how to use context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown content words.