Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Analyzing Data Sources and Author's Purpose: Electric Currents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this science-themed literacy lesson, students learn how to determine the author's purpose and follow the development of that purpose.
Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Lafs.1112.rst.1.3: Follow Precisely a Complex Multistep Procedure

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Find a collection of standards-aligned teacher and student resources where students follow procedural text.
Lesson Plan
Other

Learning Design Collaborative: Cer: Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students write a scientific claim that is backed up by evidence and supported by scientific reasoning. Base your answer on your reading of a data table.
Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Scientific Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A handout exploring how to complete a scientific report based on scientific research. The site describes the sections needed as well as how to insert graphs and tables.
Lesson Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: Teaching Units

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Complete teaching units (12) by grade level. CommonLit units are crafted to be both engaging and rigorous, featuring a variety of literary and informational texts from diverse sources. Reading, writing, and discussion are prioritized in...
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: High Order Concerns (Ho Cs) for Business Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great reference when writing business messages or letters. Discusses the most important issues involved in business writing and an organizational system for them.
Article
Other

Daniel J. Kurland: Critical Reading: Inference: Reading Ideas as Well as Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This college instructor offers his insights into critical reading and how to develop skills to interpret as well as comprehend the written word. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inference.
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Other

Mindplay Software

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learn about Mindplay, a reading diagnostics software.
Website
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Reading Techniques: Sq3 R Method for Thorough Study

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the SQ3R method of reading comprehension and how it can be used to improve study habits.
Website
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Roland Barthes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a brief but interesting site from Creative Quotations that is devoted to Barthes' major quotations dealing with literature and criticism. He was the major structuralist critic of modern times.
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Types of Supporting Details: Definitions: Learn

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive helps students learn the types of supporting details by having them type in the terms that fit the definitions.
Handout
W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: Elements of the Essay: Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of how to incorporate evidence into an essay in order to provide support for the thesis.
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Roland Barthes Structuralist

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biography of a major proponent of structuralism. Provides life info and brief mention of his various work.