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Study Guide: Literary Terms: English 11

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary of literary terms designed for English 11: semester 1 and semester 2.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Informational Reading Response [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write three facts they learned, two questions they still have after reading, and one interesting fact that they want to share.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze How Author's Style and Syntax Support Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Analyze how an author's style and syntax support meaning in a text. RI.9-10.3 author unfolds. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3
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Teengagement: Targeted Intervention: Word Choice Shapes Meaning and Tone

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students interpret how words are used in a literary text and examine how word choice affects meaning and tone. A sample analysis of a poem is presented, terms are defined, and question stems for assessment purposes are...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Bill of Rights" by James Madison

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Bill of Rights" by James Madison, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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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.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Context Clues and Analogies (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn to find the meaning of words through analogy and other word relationships. L.9-10.5 Fig Lang/nuances
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will be able to distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linguistic Roots and Affixes (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meaning of academic English word and in other content areas.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of a Word in Context [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity contains two graphic organizers that will help students infer the meaning of words in context. Students can use these graphic organizers as they read nonfiction texts, particularly while reading in the content area.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout focuses on writing definitions including the three parts: term, class, and differentiating characteristics. It also explains when you need to use definitions and some additional tips for writing definitions.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Intro to Vocabulary Building Reading Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article explains in general how to build vocabulary using reading strategies such as context clues.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Real Survival Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...
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Other

University of North Carolina: Glossary of Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us Government and Politics: Unit 2: Bill of Rights Reading Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A 2-page worksheet where students fill in the blanks with information about the rights and protections embedded in the amendments in the Bill of Rights. They are also asked to explain the meanings of eight terms used in the Bill of Rights.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Literary Elements Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about 32 different literary elements with flashcards, quizzes, and interactive games.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Classify and Categorize: Using Text Features to Find Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars will develop research questions, classify information into an outline form, and use the features of nonfiction writing to identify information relevant to a research question.
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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: Analyze How Author's Style and Syntax Support Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, we will discuss how an author's syntax reveals meaning and makes ideas stay with the reader. Practice exercises are included.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Diction and Tone

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson deals primarily with diction and tone and how to recognize them in your reading. Tone is largely determined by diction or the word choices a writer makes. The process of choosing the right word involves denotation and...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reading Comprehension Across Genres: Annotate for Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on Annotation, a "writing-to-learn" strategy. It consists of writing explanatory notes and critical (analytical) commentary to yourself. Annotating text consists of two steps: (1) underlining, highlighting, circling,...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is about how words can have emotional connections for readers. Connotation and denotation are a part of language, and knowing about them can help you understand not only the author's purpose, but also the author's attitude...
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Learning Adventures: Branches of Government

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Introduction to a learning adventure on the Constitution and branches of government. Students click on their age group icon to find information on which part of the Constitution spells out the powers of legislative, executive and...
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Three Branches of Our Government

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slide and the six that follow it (use the advance button near the bottom of the screen) offer an explanation of each of the three branches of government and the duties they perform, including discussion of the tensions arising from...