AdLit
Ad lit.org: Content Area Literacy: Literature
Reading complex literary texts offers unique opportunities for students to wrestle with some of the core ethical dilemmas that we face as human beings. The growth of ethical reasoning is one of the most compelling reasons for schools to...
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Hickman Community Charter District: Informative Writing
Sample topics in informative writing for K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
TES Global
Blendspace: Sentence Varying
A seven-part learning module with links to texts and videos about simple, compound, and complex sentences and varying them in their writing.
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Live binders.com: Reader and Task Considerations
Reader and task considerations including Cognitive Capabilities, Reading Skills, Motivation and Engagement with Task and Text, Prior Knowledge and Experience, Content and/or Theme Concerns, Complexity of Associated Tasks.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Flashbacks Versus Narrative "Annexes"
A complex definition of a literary flashback, in addition to examples of flashbacks used by famous authors (Eliot, Doyle). The site also distinguishes the flashback from the narrative annex. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
TES Global
Blendspace: Compound Sentences & Fanboys
A five-part learning module with links to an image, videos, and texts about compound sentences and the coordinating conjunctions used to form them.
TES Global
Blendspace: Sentence Writing: Compound Sentences
A five-part learning module with links to texts, websites, and a video on compound sentences.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Conjunctions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand how sentences can be joined in complex ways through the use of conjunctions (and, then, if, so, while, though, since, when).
Donald Clark
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains
This article--in text and charts--explains the three learning domains devised by Benjamin Bloom.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Holt Assessment: Evaluating Nonfiction [Pdf]
This one-page printable worksheet is designed for classroom use in evaluating a reading of nonfiction. The evaluation is set up in a rubric format.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Tune in for Reading: Reading: Strategies for Better Reading
Self-checking interactive tutorial puts reading comprehension skills to work by asking learners to make inferences, predict what happens next, and identify the main ideas in a series of short reading passages. Related materials include...
Quizlet
Quizlet: 8th Grade: Social Studies Vocabulary: Match
In this interactive game, students match social studies terms to the correct fill-in-the-blank sentences. These are drawn from a bank of 25 vocabulary words and there are multiple games.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Create Reading Accountability
Engaged, accountable reading requires students to interpret, and respond, often creatively. This article suggests several personalized ways to hold students accountable for their reading.
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Here, critically read the text of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" with the help of accompanying questions about characterization, symbolism, plot, and narration. Organized into five pages, this website allows readers to...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature:the Modern Poet: Luis J. Rodriguez
This lesson focuses on Luis J. Rodriguez and his poem "The Concrete River." It features links to Rodriguez's biography and "The Concrete River." The text of the lesson provides a list of question about the poem that the students should...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Pre Columbian America
Although the title of this unit is Pre-Columbian America, the primary focus is on historical thinking. The second part of the unit explores the variety and complexity of cultures in Pre-Columbian America. Included are State Standards,...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Answer Questions About Ideas and Topics
We will answer questions about ideas and topics shared across texts to extend our understanding of complex texts and build our knowledge of social media's effect on the teen brain . This will help us gain a deeper understanding of the...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: How to Use the Guidebooks
A guide to teaching ELA Guidebooks, English language arts curriculum made up of units focused around a collection of texts. Made by teachers for teachers, the guidebook units ensure all students read, understand, and express their...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Student Led Discussions (Socratic Seminar, Fishbowl)
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of complex texts to meet reading expectations, engage in a variety of group conversations, and prepare for writing about texts.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Becoming Helen Keller
Rediscover the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller (1880-1968), who was deaf and blind since childhood, used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice, particularly for women,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Permanence, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Forty-two primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the complex and interrelated factors that led to a permanent European presence in the New World.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Teaching Writing to Diverse Student Populations
Writing is a complex operation requiring knowledge of text structure, syntax, vocabulary, and topic, and sensitivity to audience needs; so it is not surprising that many teens find writing challenging. This article identifies the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Beggar" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the short story "The Beggar" by Anton Chekhov, a complex tale of alienation and despair.
Purdue University
Representations of Buddhism in Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost
This scholarly text discusses Michael Ondaatje's "Anil's Ghost" as an examination of the complex relationship between religion, politics, and violence in Sri Lanka.