Reading Genres Lesson Plans :: 985

Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Many Parts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Preparation for reading complex informational texts starts in K and First grade. Knowing the features of the genre, and how to navigate through it is one of the necessary stepping stones. This lesson introduces the student to different...

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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Real and Make Believe

For Teachers K Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students classify and categorize based on real and make-believe.

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Read Works: Lesson 3: Sequence Clue Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] Let's make a cake! Learners will identify sequence words in a procedural text and use those clues to identify where the step belongs in a procedural text. The end result will be a yummy cake!

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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 8th Grade Argumentative Writing Unit: Improving Society

For Teachers 8th Standards

Complete teaching unit for 8th Grade Argumentative Writing Unit: "Improving Society." Students will read six texts about problems in society. Throughout the unit, 8th graders will gather information from their readings in a graphic...

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Read Works: Genre Kindergarten Unit: Real and Make Believe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan where students learn the difference between real and make-believe and practice sorting details into the two categories. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...

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Read Works: Genre 2nd Grade Unit: Encyclopedias

For Teachers 2nd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by Jayne Parsons to learn to locate information and find facts about a subject in an encyclopedia. Lesson includes...

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Read Works: Genre 4th Grade Unit: Biography

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David A. Adler to learn about the characteristics that define boigraphy. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and...

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Read Works: Lesson 2: Good and Evil Characters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

This lesson will allow students to understand why Fairy Tales have good and evil characters and identify good and evil characters in a Fairy Tale.

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Question and Answer Books From Genre Study to Report Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Contains plans for eight lessons that explore Question and Answer Books and ask students to do research in order to write their own. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...

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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Grades 7 12: Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa

For Teachers 9th - 10th

A lesson plan, based on the work of the Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa, that explores the haiku form of poetry. Students will learn features of a haiku, identify features within Issa's work, and write an original haiku. The lesson plan...

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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memoirs With Strong Word Choices

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Editor Amy Ehrlich compelled ten well-known children's authors to write narratives, and she compiled these memoirs in her book, When I Was Your Age. The collection of narratives varies, but an underlying theme is the way in which...

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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Truth Be Told

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

This lesson plan extends student understanding of the concept of "truisms" and "writing hooks" to introduce writings. Gretchen Bernabei's Reviving the Essay, the book Fox, written by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks, will be read aloud and...

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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Work & Welfare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Gender, Behaviour & Etiquette

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This thematic collection will allow young scholars to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

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