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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mid-Unit Assessment: Draft of Position Paper

For Teachers 8th Standards
What is the purpose of an introduction and conclusion? Using the resource, scholars review the model position paper from activity one and discuss the author's choices. Next, they draft their position papers' introductory and concluding...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Author's Purpose

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Some author's purpose teaching ideas from a standardized test preparation site (Fourth Grade Reading Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test). Aligned to Florida standards, four ideas are provided including "Author's Grab Bag," "Author's...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...