Students study a word family before listing rhyming words in that family. They use the words to begin developing lines of poetry. They continue writing poetry individually and finally, they illustrate their work using graphic software.

Learn about direct instruction and view a list of direct teaching strategies including structured overview, lecture, explicit teaching, drill and practice, and many more. Then click on each strategy in order to learn more about the...

Comprehension strategies are routines and procedures that readers use to help them make sense of texts. Struggling adolescent readers need direct, explicit instruction in comprehension strategies to improve their reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is celebrating her birthday. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing conclusions.

This learning module incorporates materials to support the instruction of characterization approaches that are used by authors. A PowerPoint lesson on characterization is available. An additional lesson plan on the topic of...