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Sample Instructional Units |
English Language Arts & Reading
English II
The information that was formerly on the top of each grade level page has been moved/linked to the Secondary Teacher/Staff page located on the home page.
District Resources (downloadable lessons in alpha order by strand)
| Writing |
District Focus/Resource |
Writing Purposes
Penmanship/
Mechanics/
Grammar/Usage |
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Writing Process
Evaluation
Research Connenctions |
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| Reading |
District Focus/Resource |
Vocabulary
Fluency
Variety of Texts |
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Reading
Comprehension
Literary Response
Text Structures
Research
Culture
Reading
Comprehension
Literary Response
Text Structures
Research
Culture
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- A Biography Study
- A Discourse on the History of Language
- Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons
- Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoons
- Book Chat Questions and Score Sheet
- Buddy Reading
- Cartoon Comprehension
- Character Sociogram
- Considering Setting
- Cooperative Learning Guidelines
- Copyright Infringement or Not? The Debate over Downloading Music
- Critical Literacy
- Critical Thinking
- Diving into Iceland's Genetic Pool
- Exploring Language and Identity
- Exploring Satire with Shrek
- Focus on First Lines
- Four Categories of Reading
- Get 'em Thinking!
- Graphs of the Heart
- Guided Reading in Grades 4 - 12
- Inference Formation and the Critical Comprehension of Television Advertising
- Inner-Outer Circle
- K-W-L
- Literature Circles Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Literature Circle Role Cards
- Literary Analysis
- Literary Devices
- Literary Terms
- Metaphor for Egg
- Modern-Day Interpretation Projects and Rubric
- Open Mind Diagram
- Organizational Patterns
- Preparation, Dreams & Reality CR
- Previewing the Text
- QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR
- QAR Questions by Category (WORD) (PDF)
- Question Matrix
- Questioning the Author
- Reading Literary Texts
- Reading Process
- Reader Response
- Reading Strategies for Test Success
- Reciprocal Teaching
- Reciprocal Teaching Notes
- Scene-by-Scene Summary of the "1984" Macintosh Commercial
- Searching with Certainty
- So What Do You Think?
- Socratic Seminar Instructions
- Socratic Seminar Instructions 2
- Socratic Seminar rubric
- Socratic Seminar Questioning
- Stickman Notetaking
- Strategic Reading
- Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion
- Style and Purpose
- TAKS OER Rubric
- TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question
- The Literary Element of Theme
- The Pentad
- Thinking Maps: Circle, Bubble, Double Bubble, Flow, Multi Flow, Tree, Brace, and Bridge
- Weaving the Multigenre Web
- Why Literature Circles?
- Writing About Writing
- Yearlong Concepts
- You're the Top!
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| Listening & Speaking |
District Focus/Resource |
Listening
Speaking |
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| Viewing/Representing |
District Focus/Resource |
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Interpretation
Analysis Production |
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| Web Resources |
URL/Web Address |
General Sites
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pblmm.K12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/Activities.html
eteach.esc13.net/t_lang_arts.htm
www.readwritethink.org/index.asp
www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
www.uil.utexas.edu/academics
rubistar4teachers.org
www.pics4learning.com
www.freeplaymusic.com
www.brainpop.com
www.enchanted learning.com
www.infoplease.com
www.mybookmarks.com/PISDIT |
| Vocabulary |
www.dictionary.com
syndicate.com
www.vocabulary.co.il |
| Text Structures |
www.planetesme.com/dontmiss.html |
| Grammar |
webnz.co.nz/checkers/grammar2.html
englishplus.com/grammar
www.grammarbook.com
english-zone.com/index.php
www3.uakron.edu/noden
www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2692/grammarlink.html
Sentence Structure
wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm
www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/rvsntstr.html
Sentence Combining
leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sentencev.html
www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/4/81.04.06.x.html
www.sanmarcos.net/ana/Class/Notes/CombSen.html
pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~slamos |
| Writing |
www.discover-writing.com
www.readwritethink.org
www.englishcompanion.com
writingfix.com |
| Research |
www.newseum.org
www.pics4learning.com
eduscapes.com/tap/topic20.htm |
Viewing/ Representing |
www.medialit.org
www.pbs.org
medialit.med.sc.edu
www.medialiteracy.net
www1.medialiteracy.com/home.jsp
www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/media_lit.shtm
Media Literacy | Media Education | Questia.com Online Library
www.ianjukes.com (teaching the 21st century learner) |
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