Articles - 1: POEM - "Blanket"

READING & WRITING - Analyzing - Comprehension - Test Prep

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POEM

"BLANKET" is a POEM describing a blanket of SOMETHING.

Students are asked questions that help them determine the topic.

The focus is on IMAGERY & METAPHOR.

TOPIC APPROPRIATE for students in 4th – 8th grades

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INCLUDES

• ONE text - PDF
• Great for DISTANCE LEARNING--easily break tasks up into several days.
• WRITING PROMPTS with SAMPLE paragraph responses
• COLOR-CODED paragraphs that HIGHLIGHT the topic sentence, evidence, elaboration, and transitions
• Handouts
• Aligned to COMMON CORE STANDARDS
• Use OVER and OVER, year after year
• Great for SUB days
• Easily ASSIGN to students using an LMS like GOOGLE CLASSROOM

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TEXTS

• are HIGH-INTEREST
• are 1 – 7 pages long
• filled with rich PHOTOGRAPHS and CAPTIONS
• are RESEARCH-BASED

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For ALL classrooms.

These materials strongly support READING and WRITING skills.

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WRITING PROMPTS focus on WRITING COMPLETE, WELL-SUPPORTED PARAGRAPHS:

• topic sentence
• evidence
• elaboration
• transitions
• conclusion

This article has multiple-choice questions, a WRITING PROMPT and SAMPLE PARAGRAPH RESPONSE. Students use information from the TEXT to answer questions.

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RESPONDING TO THE PROMPT means students either

• learn HOW to write PARAGRAPHS, or
• get ADDITIONAL PRACTICE organizing and COMMUNICATING their thoughts.

Use texts MULTIPLE times to teach NEW concepts, as well.

Prepare your students for STATE ASSESSMENTS.

But it's MORE than just test prep. It's GOOD writing.

OPTIONS: Use these RESOURCES as a simple READING ACTIVITY:

• Work on reading COMPREHENSION.
• DISCUSS the text.
• Answer MULTIPLE CHOICE questions.

Or ADD a bit more and FOCUS on making strong CLAIMS and writing compelling PARAGRAPHS.

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WRITING & RESEARCHING PARAGRAPHS & ESSAYS

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