Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Dictionary Digs

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young scholars dig through dictionaries to uncover the wealth of information they provide. Using the included graphic organizer, children learn about target words by finding their parts of speech, pronunciation, definition, synonyms, and...
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Southern Poverty Law Center

Analyzing How Words Communicate Bias

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Words are powerful ... can your class choose them wisely? Scholars evaluate news articles to discover the concepts of tone, charge, and bias during a media literacy lesson. The resource focuses on recognizing implicit information and...
Lesson Plan
Southern Poverty Law Center

Evaluating Online Sources

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
All sources are pretty much the same, right? If this is how your class views the sources they use for writing or research projects, present them with a media literacy lesson on smart source evaluation. Groups examine several articles,...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Undercover Meanings

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Support young scholars with studying new vocabulary using this foldable resource. By cutting and folding the included template, learners can record definitions, examples, and a sentence for four different words.
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ReadWriteThink

Alliteration All Around

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Discover alliteration found in picture books by Pamela Duncan Edwards. Then, dive into a read aloud of Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak. This practice sets the stage for budding poets to create their own acrostic poem,...
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Dictionaries and Indexes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on using dictionaries and indexes. Included are a video about why using these tools is important, fact sheets and worksheets about using them, quizzes on the information presented, and a dictionary game. The...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular" by Shankar Vedantam, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: How Resilience Works

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with "How Resilience Works" by Diane Coutu, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Life's Work of Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Life's Work of Susan B. Anthony" with excerpts from various sources, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman's Work, and Politeness

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman's Work, and Politeness" by Zhao Ban, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: How the News Media Works

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "How the News Media Works" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The War Works Hard

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The War Works Hard" by Dunya Mikhail, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Strength in Numbers" by Bird Brain Science

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Strength in Numbers," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Sea Fever

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...