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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Elements of Poetry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 2-page PDF of a chart that lists eight elements of poetry, questions to ask concerning each element, and tips and explanations to aid the understanding of each element. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Main Idea

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to identify main ideas through headings and chapter titles, and then to write appropriate titles of their own. Lessons are based on the...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Compare and Contrast

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides an explanation of the compare and contrast text structure. An explanation of the compare and contrast text structure is provided, and the compare and contrast text structure is demonstrated in a video...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Sequence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides an explanation of the text structure for sequence. An explanation of the text structure for a sequence is provided, and chronological order text structure is demonstrated in a video tutorial lesson [1:24]
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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Text Dependent Questions [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Describes a reading strategy where students must respond to text by supporting their ideas with text-based evidence. Lists different categories of questions the teacher can prepare based on the text chosen, with examples for each.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Connections Within Text

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn how information in a text can be connected through compare and contrast, cause and effect, and sequence.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Use Details and Examples

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Review how to use text evidence, details, examples, and personal experiences to make inferences then read a passage to practice on your own.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
A reference article for students to learn about how to determine the main idea and supporting details from the text. Click on the Model for an example with explanation and then click on Practice for a practice exercise.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Idea and Supporting Details: Model

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An example to guide students in choosing the main idea and supporting details. Click Practice for a practice quiz.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Compare Perspectives

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn about the difference between a firsthand and secondhand accounts in a text on this site.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See how to pick out the main ideas and supporting details on this site. Click on Model at the bottom right.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Determine Main Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See an example of how to determine the main ideas and supporting details of a story.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Structure Within a Story

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Learn why structure is important when organizing a story then read an excerpt from the story "Three over Four" to practice how structure helps to develop the story's theme, setting, and plot.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Order of Importance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an explanation of the order of importance text structure. A diagram is provided to provide to supplement the explanation.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Patterns of Organization for Academic Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of six different ways to organize a text with links to more information for each.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Analyze Multiple Accounts

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Learn about the different perspectives that can be used in an informational text.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this five question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Global Education: Implied Main Idea, Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this five-question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Web Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The important thing about this lesson plan is that it connects literature and science. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown provides a model for original student poems about a content area topic. Web-based bookmarks guide students...
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Other

Suny: Conventions of Writing Papers About Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A professor's excellent explanation of how to write a professional sounding essay. Covers all aspects of an essay, and detailed examples give information on exactly how to write the essay.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring How Section Headings Support Understanding

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Teaching students to pay attention to headings and titles as they read? Here you'll find a practical application for using an expository text to apply the concept of using headings. Geared toward older elementary students, but lesson...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to change the action in the turning point of a tragedy in order to see the effect on the rest of the play. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...
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Other

Georgia Perimeter: Choosing and Writing for an Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource goes extensively into the importance of establishing an audience when writing. It also defines types, how to choose, and how to write for an audience.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Compare Text Structures

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Compare the text structures in two nonfiction passages in this tutorial.