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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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Other

Sports Illustrated for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sports Illustrated for Kids, as its name implies, covers the world of sports from a youthful perspective. With a focus mainly on professional sports, content includes top news, fantasy sports, trivia, and other games.
Article
New York Times

New York Times: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow

For Students 1st - 9th
If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Inferences About Information Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Some questions in the Reading Comprehension section will ask you to make an inference about information in the passage. The answer may not be explicitly stated in the passage, but it will be supported by the content of the passage. In...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Sat Reading Test: Information and Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Information and Ideas category of the SAT Reading Test includes questions that focus on what the passage says (directly or indirectly). To interpret the author's message, you'll need to consider both what's stated and what's implied...
Interactive
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Did I Read?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explicit and implicit information are reviewed in this lesson. Students will choose a part of the body and then read a short passage that explains what it does. Students will answer three questions over the passage and then determine...
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Legislative Branch

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site designed for students, clearly describes congressional powers and provides excellent accompanying links.
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Other

Owl Editing: Understanding the Meaning of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This OWL Editing page provides a chart that breaks down the factors to analyze when trying to understand poetry's deep meanings.
Activity
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Implicit Character Traits Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this learning module, students will practice making inferences about character traits. A worksheet is provided to practice with finding implicit character traits. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students.
Activity
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Supreme Court: Landmark Cases: Mc Culloch v. Maryland (1819)

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS gives an explanation of the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland that established a broad interpretation of the powers of the federal government. Opinion delivered by Chief Justice John Marshall.
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Other

Rhl School: Reading Comprehension: Using Inference

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
A good warm-up/introduction activity for a unit on inferences. This is a simple exercise to help teachers assess prior knowledge.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Alexander Hamilton's Financial Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Young Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury. Read about his ideas for reducing the huge national debt, and see how his views of the nation and national government were so different from Thomas Jefferson's.
Website
University of Pennsylvania

University of Penn: Leonard Moss' "Arthur Miller"

For Students 9th - 10th
As the title implies, this website from the University of Pennsylvania provides an excerpt from the preface of Moss' biography of Miller. The excerpt discusses Miller's position as a "social dramatist."
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Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Periodic Functions, Stretching and Translating

For Students 9th - 10th
This online tutorial offers a comprehensive introduction to translating and stretching graphs, and what this implies about the function. Includes lots of pictures and examples.
Primary
Other

Univ. Of Texas: Plato, Aristotle, Al Farabi

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the cosmological arguments (and corresponding concepts of "unmoved mover") of three influential western thinkers. Describes in detail the line of argument each pursues, and indicates the particular theory of causation implied by...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Unit 2 Reading: Inference: Test

For Students 4th Standards
This interactive assessment features 6 multiple-choice over terms having to do with making inferences and their definitions. These terms include the following: inference, context clue, judgment, implied, prior knowledge, and apparent...
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade Unit 2 Reading: Inference: Match

For Students 4th Standards
In this interactive game, students match terms having to do with making inferences to their definitions. These terms include the following: inference, context clue, judgment, implied, prior knowledge, and apparent traits.
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: 4th Grade: Unit 2 Reading: Inference: Flashcards

For Students 4th Standards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on terms having to do with making inferences and their definitions. These terms include the following: inference, context clue, judgment, implied, prior knowledge, and apparent traits.
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Flashcards 8th Grade Evidence/inference

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on terms having to do with evidence and inference-related definitions. These terms include the following: evidence, analysis, inferences, explicit, and imply.
Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Mc Culloch v. Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary of the case of McCulloch v. Maryland along with the majority opinion written by John Marshall.
Activity
McGraw Hill

Read: Does Technology Make Us Lazy?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare these two passages for some interesting ideas about how technology affects our lives. The questions that follow ask you to identify the main idea from either direct statement or inference.
Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Connotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Connotation" including the definition and an example.
Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Line

For Students 9th - 10th
This online dictionary of art terms from Artlex is a valuable tool. Line is on the Li page. Just scroll down to Line and read a definition with links or look at a sample works of art by Rembrandt or Richard Long. There are quotes by...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Idioms

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This slideshow lesson introduces idioms.

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