Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Grade Literature and Composition: Descriptive Writing
This lesson focuses on descriptive writing including discussing what it is and the chararacteristics. It provides links to the web articles: "How to Write a Descriptive Essay," "5 Model Descriptive Paragraphs," "MLA Formatting and Style...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Using Multiple Sources: Sea Turtle Populations
In this science-themed literacy lesson, students learn how to identify the central idea and key details in an article about sea turtles.
PBS
Pbs: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan, young scholars listen carefully as their teacher reads the story "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams. Students listen for key verbs such as clomp and wiggle throughout the story and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Recipe Book Family Activity
Use this recipe book based on the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali to get cooking with family and friends! Try out some of Molly's recipes and then write down your own recipes to add to her recipe book.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Dream Tube Lesson Plan
Use this comprehensive lesson as part of a comprehensive literacy, STEM, or social studies unit in which children will be using informational texts. In the "Dream Tube" animated story from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali, Molly and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Sled Dog Dash Game
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Beading Art Game
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. In this game, Molly shows players how to make various beading designs using the...
ProProfs
Pro profs.com: 8th Grade Main Idea Quiz
An interactive quiz with four short passages and thirteen multiple choice and extended response questions focusing on main ideas and supporting details. Students can access all passages and questions without an account, but a free...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Floating Down a River
Students read Jan Brett's Daisy Comes Home paying attention to all the details Brett adds to her story. Then students write their own stories of traveling down a river and add specific details of their own. Teacher and students...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Logical Fallacies
This site from the St. Cloud State University provides many links in this index with general writing help. Under "Development" you'll find "Sensory Details." Under "Logical Fallicies" you'll find a link by the same name. Look under...
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Paragraphs
How do you write a paragraph? Use this site to learn more about the different parts of a paragraph.
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Column Notes [Pdf]
Teachers will learn about the Column Notes graphic organizer, a tool that will help students analyze and synthesize what is viewed read, viewed, or heard. Reproducible Column Notes are provided.
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: 4th Grade Use Details and Examples
This reference from the McGraw-Hill CCCS Literacy eHandbook discusses the importance of recalling explicit details. The importance of inferencing skills with a how-to graphic organizer for making inferences are included. Students may...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
After hearing and discussing an excerpt from Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons, students will plan to create a unique description of a character that uses memorable actions that "show" a person's character. They will brainstorm verbs that...
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: How Reasons Support Key Points
Get an example of how to identify an author's main idea in a text on this site. Also, learn how to recognize supporting ideas to main ideas presented in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Counting Up or Down Stories
The writer will brainstorm situations where individuals or people in a group count up or count down out loud together. Using the ending of chapter 5 of Wringer by Jerry Spinelli as a model, the writer will plan a story where someone (or...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facts
This lesson clarifies what writers mean when using the term "facts." This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prepositions
A screencast lesson [2:26] introducing prepositions, showing how they begin prepositional phrases, and telling how to use prepositional phrases to add different types of details to sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details
A six-slide presentation explaining the importance of using supporting details and describing different types of details that can be used to support an idea.
Read Works
Read Works:genre Studies: Informational Texts Kindergarten Unit: New Information
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!
In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...
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Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Five Finger Facts [Pdf]
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following information about their...
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Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Informational Reading Response [Pdf]
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write three facts they learned, two questions they still have after reading, and one interesting fact that they want to share.