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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Sandra Day O'connor

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a nonfiction text Sandra Day O'Connor and a linked passage about Margaret Thatcher and then complete questions over the paired texts.RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway:analyze How Author's Style and Syntax Support Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students will learn and apply the concepts of author's style and syntax.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: How to Read and Analyze an Essay (English Iii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson's activities, you will determine the purpose of description, narration, and exposition essays, analyze their literary devices, and examine text features. You...
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Handout
Goshen College

Goshen College: Literary Analysis Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource not only explains how to analyze a text, but also, provides student examples of literary texts. W.9-10.9b Research/Argum, RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In writing and reading organization is the key to a reader's understanding. A great site for those of you who are looking for some further explanation of organization in writing. There is instruction, an example text, and specific...
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Graphic
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Graphic Organizers [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
A printable chart shows nine different types of graphic organizers and is followed by a blank copy of each type of organizer, ready to print and use in the classroom. RI.11-12.5 Evaluate text structure
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Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University (Dr. Mc Clennen): How to Do a Close Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This guide is written for college students, but should be very useful for upper level high school students as well. The writer first describes fourteen steps to take in doing a close reading, then provides six pieces of advice on how to...