Schooled: Informational Texts
Margaret Whisnant
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Grade Levels
6th - 8th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRI.6.1
CCSSRI.6.2
CCSSRI.6.3
CCSSRI.6.5
CCSSRI.6.6
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
23 pages
Margaret Whisnant
5.4k Followers
Description
This 23-page resource for teaching Gordon Korman’s popular middle school title has four different informational texts. The articles are designed to provide background information that will help students better understand the story and its characters, but they can also stand alone as an independent reading resource.
The articles include:
•Gordon Korman, Author (with ten CCSS aligned questions)
•The American Search for Utopia (with ten CCSS aligned questions and a writing challenge.)
•The Hippies (with ten CCSS aligned questions and a writing challenge)
•Life on a 60s Rural Commune (with ten CCSS aligned questions and a writing challenge)
Full answer keys are included. Specific CCSS alignments for individual questions are listed here.
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The articles include:
•Gordon Korman, Author (with ten CCSS aligned questions)
•The American Search for Utopia (with ten CCSS aligned questions and a writing challenge.)
•The Hippies (with ten CCSS aligned questions and a writing challenge)
•Life on a 60s Rural Commune (with ten CCSS aligned questions and a writing challenge)
Full answer keys are included. Specific CCSS alignments for individual questions are listed here.
Purchase the full Novel Teaching Pack:
Schooled: A Novel Teaching Pack
Total Pages
23 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.6.2
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSSRI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
CCSSRI.6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
CCSSRI.6.6
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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