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District Resources (downloadable lessons in alpha order by strand)

Listening & Speaking	District Focus/Resource
Listening Speaking	Book Report in a Bag Determining Audience and Purpose Get the Gist Inner-Outer Circle K-W-L Language Registers Listening Logs Make a Date Peer Read Aloud Sheet Performance Reading Poetry for Two Voices QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR Question Matrix Reading Process Reporter's Formula Socratic Seminar Socratic Seminar Questioning Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion Support Student Responses Why Flexible Grouping? Why Word Walls?
Reading	District Focus/Resource
Vocabulary Fluency Variety of Texts	An Exploration of Text Sets: Supporting All Readers Alphabet letters for word walls An Alternative to Testing: Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A Connotation Mini-Lesson Bookmatch Book Tasting Buddy Reading CD Map Connotation and Denotation Context Clues PPT Diction in Literary Text Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study Exploring Word Meaning Fairy Tale Autobiographies Flexible Grouping Flip-a-Chip: Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary Hexagonal Writing Imagine That! Playing with Genre Inner-Outer Circle Interpreting Idioms Letters and Learning Genre Literature Circles Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Literature Circle Role Cards Mind Pictures: Strategies That Enhance Mental Imagery While Reading Performance Reading Prefixes Prefix Lesson Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy Quad Card 1, 2 Reader Response Reader Response Journal Reading Log Reading Survey SSR Six Steps to Vocabulary Development Socratic Seminar Socratic Seminar Questioning Strategic Reading Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion Support Student Responses Thinking Maps: Bridge Timed Reading Chart Tone and Mood Using Root Words and Affixes Vocabulary Assurance Cards Word Wall Word Wall Activities Word Web Word Wheel
Comprehension Literary Response Text Structures Research Culture	A Graphic for Literary Text (PDF) A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words Alliteration in Headline Poems Author's Craft Author's POV Alphabiography Project: Totally You Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation Book Chat Questions--Fiction (Word) (PDF) Book Chat Questions--Non Fiction (Word) Book Chat Score Sheet Breaking Barriers Buddy Reading Comparing and Contrasting Careful Reading Cartoon Comprehension CASPER Character Sociogram Character and POV Characterization PPT Compare and Contrast Electronic Text With Traditionally Printed Text Considering Setting Cooperative Learning Guidelines Cosmic Oranges Creating Summary Critical Thinking Diction in Literary Works Evaluating Web Pages Fact and Opinion Flashback Flexible Grouping Four Categories of Reading Generalization Lesson Genre Study Get the Gist GIST: A Summarizing Strategy for Use in Any Content Area Guided Reading in Grades 4 - 12 Hypertext Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 Identifying Genre Inner-Outer Circle Internalization of Vocabulary K-W-L Literature Circles Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Literature Circle Role Cards Literary Devices Literary Terms Mental Images Metaphor for Egg Mind Games Open Mind Diagram Organizational Patterns Planning a Career CR Planning For My Future CR POV - Film Clip Previewing the Text QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR QAR Questions by Category (WORD) (PDF) Question Matrix Questioning the Author Quiet Hour Journals Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries Read, Rate, Reread Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts Reading Literary Texts Reading Process Reader Response Reading Strategies for Test Success Reciprocal Teaching SMART Socratic Seminar Socratic Seminar Questioning Stickman Notetaking Strategic Reading Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion TAKS OER Rubric TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question Teaching Summarizing with the Bio-Cube Text to Text Connections The Pentad Thinking Maps: Circle, Bubble, Double Bubble, Flow, Multi Flow, Tree, Brace, and Bridge Walking the Line Watchful Reading What's the Big Idea 1, and 2 Why Literature Circles? Yearlong Concepts
Writing	District Focus/Resource
Purposes Penmanship/ Mechanics/ Grammar/Usage	A Literature to Language Experience Action Is Character: Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives Author's Craft Be Verbs Be Verbs Hand Jive Capitalization Car Conjunction Junction Clocking Sheet Compound and Complex Sentences Dependent Clauses Editing Checklist End Punctuation Every Punctuation Mark Matters FANBOYS Focus on Proofreading Four Uses of a Comma Genres of Writing Grammar with Toys Handwriting Continuum Inside or Outside? K-W-L Language Registers Literary Devices Literary Terms Macaroni Punctuation Oreo Sentences Peer Edit 1, 2, and 3 Purposes for Writing Voice Regular and Irregular Plurals Shared Spelling Strategies What's in Your Heart?
Process Evaluation Research Connections	Alternative Ways of Assessing Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages Ba-Da-Bing! Books for Teaching the 6 Traits Books for Teaching Voice Books to Use to Support the Content Areas Characterization PPT Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience Clocking Coloring Language with Adjectives and Adverbs Commenting in Word Compound and Complex Sentences Conference Sheet Cube Project Dependent Clauses Developing Story Structure with Paper Bag Skits Effective Use of Dialogue Empty Writing Entrance Slip, Exit Slip Era vs. Moment - Quad Writing Five Senses Flexible Grouping Hexagonal Writing Leads Leads PPT Magnify the Focus Make a Date Mini Lessons for Drafting Mini Lessons for Writing Modeling Reading and Analysis Processes Once Upon a Fairy Tale: Teaching Revision as a Concept Organize Your Essay DVD Style POV Peer Revision Peer Revision - Show not Tell Periodic Portfolio Questions Possible Ideas for Revision Process Reflection Portfolio Questions QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR Qualities of Good Writing Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries Revision Self Evaluation Rubric Sample Criteria Charts and Rubrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Sample Essays Sequencing Poem Show Not Tell Six Traits Rubric - Student Friendly Story Elements for Writing TAKS Essay Rubric TAKS OER Rubric TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question Tic Tac Toe Autobiography Tone Understanding and Writing Poetry Verbal Recreations Versions in XP Voice What's in Your Heart? Write From the Heart (Heart Mapping) Writing Process Writing Record Writing and Sharing Connections Writing Survey Writing Log Writing Process Wheel
Viewing/ Representing	District Focus/Resource
Interpretation Analysis Production	Administrative Produre I - M Attributes of the 21st Century Learner Childhood Remembrances: Life and Art Intersect... Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Lesson Comparing Books and Movies Creative Communication Frames: Discovering Similarities between Writing and Art Critical Media Literacy: Commercial Advertising Critical Media Literacy: TV Programs Critical Media Questions Digital Reflections Hypertext Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character Media Literacy: Examining the World of Lizzie McGuire Permission to Use Media Postcard Project Postmodern Picture Books in the Middle School Using Picture Books to Explore Identity...
Web Resources	URL/Web Address
General Sites	pblmm.K12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/Activities.html eteach.esc13.net/t_lang_arts.htm pics4learning.com www.readwritethink.org/index.asp rubistar4teachers.org www.pics4learning.com www.freeplaymusic.com www.brainpop.com www.enchanted learning.com www.factmonster.com www.mybookmarks.com/PISDIT t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/professional_development/strategies/#one - integrating technology commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - images (might want to be selective)
Vocabulary	www.dictionary.com syndicate.com www.vocabulary.co.il
Text Structures	www.planetesme.com/dontmiss.html
Comprehension	reading comprehension practice reading comprehension ESL reading online ESL reading lessons ESL Reading Activities - All levels
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 ESL grammar activities Sentence Structure www.new.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
Web Resource	URL/Web Address
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)