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Close reading Common Core RI.9-10.1 homework
Tone & Mood Analyzing Figurative & Connotative Meaning
Help students understand an author's use of diction (denotation vs connotation), imagery, figurative language, and syntax; to analyze the tone and mood of a text. Students will to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. This multi-faceted lesson plan integrates listening skills, reading strategies, and writing skills, as students analyze ea
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7th - 12th
Hispanic Heritage Month FUN Facts LEVELED Passages ALL READERS COVERED HW SUB
1st Grade - High School Reading Levels Same Content Same Vocal Same Questions so All Readers have the confidence reading, answering, and learning the exact same information. Perfect for ESE Teachers, Homeschool Teaching, or any educator with multiple reading level students.You have Full Permission to Digitalize, Google Drive/slides/docs/etc., Share, Modify, or use any other means to send home to your students. It’s yours- ENJOY! Please send me a copy to share with others on here.NILLY DILLY'S ST
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Legends in Dance - History of ballet
This is part of a series of worksheet packets that I created for dance history and musical theater classes. I have dozens of figures from jazz, tap, ballet, modern, and musical theater. I developed these packets as a teaching tool for my students as there was no textbook for high school dance history acceptable for our program.These are written at the high school level, appropriate for most students in reading and comprehension. They are perfect for the Common Core Close Reading requirements.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Legends in Dance - History of Ballet Bundle - 9 packets!!
Purpose, Viewpoint, Opinion, Bias Nonfiction Close Reading
The new Common Core State Standards place a greater emphasis on critical thinking and implementing nonfiction into the English Language Arts curriculum. Understanding the basics of an author's use of internal text structures, loaded words/language, and facts vs. opinions; is essential for analyzing the purpose, bias and point of view of a text. This multi-faceted lesson plan integrates listening skills, reading strategies, and writing skills, as students analyze each of these elements to deter
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7th - 12th
Close Reading Strategies Activities Bundle Unit
TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ AND THINK LIKE COLLEGE STUDENTS. This bundle of close reading activities combines ppt lectures and guided exercises to enhance skills of analyzing the rhetorical situation, mood and tone, author's purpose, bias, and point of view within texts. These multi-faceted lesson plans integrate a variety of learning modalities incorporating visual, listening, reading and writing strategies. This bundle includes detailed lessons covering:1 Informational Text Annotation and C
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7th - 12th
Current Events for Middle and High School Intro to Agriculture
Are you a middle or high school agriculture teacher looking for engaging and informative resources to incorporate current events into your curriculum or morning work? Look no further! Our Introduction to Agriculture Current Events resource includes 36 articles, each with a unique focus on various aspects of the agriculture industry, and the best part - you can PRINT and GO! You'll be ready for back to school. These articles are between 200-500 words, making them short enough to use as bell-ringe
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, HS-ETS1-3
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
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Nonfiction Close Reading The Rhetorical Situation
The new Common Core State Standards place a greater emphasis on critical thinking and implementing nonfiction into the English Language Arts curriculum. Understanding the original concepts of Rhetoric and the Rhetorical Situation is essential to understanding non-fiction and informational texts. This multi-faceted lesson plan integrates listening skills, reading strategies, and writing skills, as students use the elements of the Rhetorical Situation/Triangle to analyze a variety of different t
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7th - 12th
Assessing Valid Sources 3-Quiz BUNDLE | CRAAP Test, MLA Format, & Bias Types
I enjoy teaching students how to locate (and create) VALID SOURCES in print or online (as well as how to spot explicit and implicit bias in those sources) before responsibly creating content with source citations (MLA). But I need a way to check and track (quickly) that ALL my learners, indeed, are on the right track with related concepts and terms!This comprehensive Read & Write Valid Sources 3-Quiz bundle is designed to quickly and effectively review and assess students' familiarity with i
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7th - 12th
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Current Events Reading Comprehension_News Articles _Middle & High School_Feb2024
Current events PDF lesson plans for reading comprehension practice or standardized testing preparation. Long reading passage of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Also great for independent readers or gifted learners to use during enrichment time. Use for differentiated instruction by allowing students to choose different articles based on interest.(Politics)
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6th - 12th
News Lesson Plans_Middle and High School Current Events_2023_11.December Week 2
Current Events Articles with Reading Comprehension Strategies for Middle / High School in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. (Politics). Life and Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor (Business). Largest Baseball Contract in Global Sports History. (Culture) U.
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6th - 12th
Wide Reading Worksheet - Nonfiction Graphic Organizer
This clearly organized worksheet is designed to maximize information, organization, critical thinking, and page space. So many literacy experts stress the need for Wide Reading, the reading of a variety of texts from multiple academic disciplines, as the key to increasing reading level, vocabulary, and critical thinking among struggling readers, but this can leave teachers struggling with how to evaluate and assess, and even create assignments for, something that is so varied.
Enter t
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8th - 12th
Politics_ An Analysis of Biden’s Campaign Speeches_Current Events Reading_2024
Current events PDF lesson plans for reading comprehension practice or standardized testing preparation. Great for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. President Biden is running for re-election, and several themes have emerged among his recent campaign speeches. He frequently uses his opponent’s name, pushes hard for abortion rights, and rarely brings up issues related to immigrationIncludes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Al
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7th - 11th
Politics_First Execution in U.S. by Nitrogen Gas_Current Events Reading_Jan 2024
Inmate Kenneth Smith faced the death penalty and executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama. This marks the first time in U.S. history an inmate was executed with nitrogen gas.Current events news PDF lesson plans for students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, substitute teachers, and differentiated instruction. For middle and high school students. Follow @ NewsLessonPlan
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6th - 12th
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UAW Strike Expands News Article Non-fiction Reading Comprehension
This resource is perfect for students in grades 8 and up who are seeking to improve their reading comprehension skills. Students will find this worksheet useful for testing their ability to read closely and identify relevant bits of information from the passage, determine things like the tone and vocabulary from context, and make other inferences. There are 15 questions with a variety of question types, answers included.Subject: UAW Strike News ArticlePages: 6 (10 questions and answers)Difficult
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8th - 10th
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Labor Day Main Idea, Details, Close Reading Differentiated Leveled Passages
You have Full Permission to Digitalize, Google Drive/slides/docs/etc., Share, Modify, or use any other means to send home to your students. It’s yours- ENJOY! Please send me a copy to share with others on here.5 STARS “The students love the information. I love the differentiated levels and the questions.”- Laura G.NILLY DILLY'S STORY CLUB SPECIALIZES IN LEVELED PASSAGES ALL-ON-ONE SHEET—BUY INDIVIDUAL PASSAGES CLICK FOR FREEBIE PASSAGES!"Labor Day FUN FACTS"INFORMATIONAL TEXT 5 LEVEL Differentia
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Science_Hearing Loss Breakthrough_Reading Comprehension Strategies_Jan 2024
Aissam became the first person to get gene therapy in the United States for congenital deafness. The goal was to provide him with hearing, but the researchers had no idea if the treatment would work.Current events news PDF lesson plans for students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Reading comprehension practice and literacy strategies for standardized testing preparation. Great for enrichment of gifted learners, substitute teachers, and differentiated instruction. For middle and high school stu
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6th - 12th
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Oprah Winfrey Reading Comprehension and Black History Worksheet
This product includes one reading comprehension passage about Oprah Winfrey with nine pages containing fifteen questions of various types. The difficulty of the material is intended for students in the 8th grade and up. Subject: The Life of Oprah WinfreyPages: 9 (15 questions and answers)Difficulty: 8th grade and upConcepts tested:Picking specific details from historical passagesUnderstanding contextWords in context/vocabularyPurposeCritical thinking skillsBlack HistoryThis worksheet is a great
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9th - 12th
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Malcolm X Reading Comprehension and Black History Worksheet
This product includes one reading comprehension passage about Malcolm X with nine pages containing fifteen questions of various types. The difficulty of the material is intended for students in the 8th grade and up. Subject: Malcolm XPages: 9 (15 questions and answers)Difficulty: 8th grade and upConcepts tested:Picking specific details from historical passagesUnderstanding contextCritical thinking skillsBlack HistoryThis worksheet is a great way to start introducing students to Black historical
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9th - 12th
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Rhetorical Devices Worksheet
This packet is great to use when studying speeches in class, or analyzing persuasive speaking or writing. This is a great tool for a second read, and was used during the whole-class portion of Pearson’s myPerspective Grade 10 Unit 3. Students can use this on their own, in pairs, or in groups with teacher guidance as necessary. If you have any questions about using this, don't hesitate to ask!
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9th - 10th
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Skyscrapers Made of Wood Cross-Laminated Timber Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This resource is perfect for students in grades 8 and up who are seeking to improve their reading comprehension skills. Students will find this worksheet useful for testing their ability to read closely and identify relevant bits of information from the passage, determine things like the tone and vocabulary from context, and make other inferences. There are 15 questions with a variety of question types, answers included.Subject: Cross-Laminated Timber and Wooden SkyscrapersPages: 8 (15 questions
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8th - 10th
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Electric Planes High Interest Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This resource is perfect for students in grades 8 and up who are seeking to improve their reading comprehension skills. Students will find this worksheet useful for testing their ability to read closely and identify relevant bits of information from the passage, determine things like the tone and vocabulary from context, and make other inferences. There are 15 questions with a variety of question types, answers included.Subject: Electric PlanesPages: 9 (15 questions and answers)Difficulty: 8th g
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8th - 10th
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The Shinkansen High Speed Rail Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This resource is perfect for students in grades 8 and up who are seeking to improve their reading comprehension skills. Students will find this worksheet useful for testing their ability to read closely and identify relevant bits of information from the passage, determine things like the tone and vocabulary from context, and make other inferences. There are 15 questions with a variety of question types, answers included.Subject: The Shinkansen (Brief History of Japanese High Speed Rail)Pages: 8
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8th - 10th
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Critically Reading Historical Documents: The American Crisis by Thomas Paine
Whether you teach English Language Arts or History/Social Studies, you need complex texts for close reading assignments aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
More than that, though, you need texts formatted in a way that encourages your students to read critically and think deeply.
This critical reading activity presents one paragraph from Thomas Paine's "American Crisis: Number One" and takes students through several readings.
With each pass through the text, students analyze word choice
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6th - 9th
Politics_X to Allow Political Ads_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, said it would now allow political advertising in the U.S. from candidates and political parties. It also plans to expand its safety and elections team ahead of the 2024 presidential electionReading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. Fol
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7th - 11th
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