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Annotation
Annotation Bookmark for High School (ppt)
Compound/Complex Sentence Lesson
Compund/Complex Practice 1
Conflict in Fiction
Connotation vs Denotation
Context Clues Practice 1
Context Clues Practice 2
Cornell Notes Template
Elements of a Plot Diagram (ppt)
Elements of Fiction (ppt)
Ethos, Pathos, Logos (ppt) |
Grammar Practice: Nouns, Pronouns, Commas
Narrative Poetry Analysis
Narrative Poetry Lesson
Open Ended Response (High School--PPT)
Parts of Speech Practice
Peer Editing Secondary
Poetry Introductory (PPT)
Prewriting (PPT)
Pronoun Review (grade 9)
Romeo and Juliet Web resources
Sentence Structure (Varying)
Sentence Types (PPT)
Sentence Writing Review
Short Story Elements (PPT)
TKaM Jeopardy (PPT)
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Writing District Focus/Resource |
Writing Process
Evaluation
Research
Connections |
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Writing Process
Evaluation
Research
Connections
Writing Process
Evaluation
Research
Connection |
- A Biography Study
- A Poem of Possibilities
- Abstract Noun Project
- Alternative Ways of Assessing
- Books for Teaching the 6 Traits
- Books for Teaching Voice
- Books to Use to Support the Content Areas
- Buddy Writing
- Comic Makeovers
- Commenting in Word
- Conference Sheet
- Connecting Past to Present: A Local Research Project
- Copyright Infringement or Not?
- Designing a Rubric
- Guiding Questions/Sentence Starters
- I've Got the Literacy Blues
- Life Chart 1, 2
- Magnify the Focus
- Make a Date
- Mini Lessons for Drafting
- Mini Lessons for Writing
- Not Just the Facts
- Peer Revision
- Peer Revision - Show not Tell
- Periodic Portfolio Questions
- Process Reflection
- Portfolio Questions
- QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR
- Qualities of Good Writing
- Sample Criteria Charts and Rubrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
- Sample Essays
- Show Not Tell
- Six Traits Rubric - Student Friendly
- TAKS Essay Rubric
- TAKS OER Rubric
- TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question
- TAKS Writing Rubric--6-Traits Aligned
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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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- Analyzing Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists
- Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda
- Become a Character
- Book Chat Questions and Score Sheet
- Buddy Reading
- Cartoon Comprehension
- Character Sociogram
- Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies
- Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages
- Considering Setting
- Cooperative Learning Guidelines
- Critical Thinking
- Current Conflicts
- Diction in Literary Works
- Defining Literacy in a Digital World
- Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes
- Exploring Audience and Purpose With a Single Issue
- Focus on First Lines
- Four Categories of Reading
- Generalization Lesson
- Guided Reading in Grades 4 - 12
- Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat
- Inner-Outer Circle
- K-W-L
- Links to Other Forms of Poetry and Elements of Poetry
- Literature Circles Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Literature Circle Role Cards
- Literary Analysis
- Literary Devices
- Literary Scrapbooks Online
- Literary Terms
- Metaphor for Egg
- Multi Genre Text Analysis Chart
- Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
- Newspaper Article Summary Questions
- Note Taker
- Open Mind Diagram
- Organizational Patterns
- Perceivning a Culture Through Its Literature
- Poetry and Poetic Elements
- Previewing the Text
- QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR
- QAR Questions by Category (WORD) (PDF)
- Question Matrix
- Questioning the Author
- Reading Literary Texts
- Reading Process
- Reading Rate
- Reader Response
- Reading Strategies for Test Success
- Reciprocal Teaching
- Rhythm and Improv, Jazz and Poetry
- Searching With Certainty
- Selecting a College CR
- "Shooting an Elephant"
- Socratic Seminar Instructions
- Socratic Seminar Instructions 2
- Socratic Seminar rubric
- Socratic Seminar Questioning
- Spend a Day in My Shoes
- Stickman Notetaking
- Strategic Reading
- Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion
- TAKS OER Rubric
- TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question
- Text Analysis Chart
- The Pentad
- Thinking Maps: Circle, Bubble, Double Bubble, Flow, Multi Flow, Tree, Brace, and Bridge
- Why Literature Circles?
- Yearlong Concepts
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Listening & Speaking |
District Focus/Resource |
Listening
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Speaking |
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District Focus/Resource |
Interpretation
Analysis
Production
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Web Resources |
URL/Web Address |
General Sites |
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
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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) |