This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade English Language Arts.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade ELA.
A short video on determining the correct definition of words in the dictionary.
An interactive reource on root words and their families.
The Semantic Feature Analysis strategy engages students in reading assignments by asking them to relate selected vocabulary to key features of the text. This technique uses a matrix to help students discover how one set of things is related to one another. Use this strategy to help students: understand the meaning of selected vocabulary words; group vocabulary words into logical categories; analyze the completed matrix.
In this lesson, students solve unknown words using context clues, select and generate words for semantic gradients, and develop new semantic gradients and contexts.
In this lesson, students explore dialects and colloquialisms to identify patterns and rules in the English language.
A student handout on understanding new vocabulary by using context clues.
This resource contains stories, anecdotes, targeted vocablary, questions, and related activities that will develop conversational and comprehension skills for Enlish as a Second Language students. This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners.
This lesson from the New York Times offers suggestions for making TheTimes a low-stress part of your classroom routine, followed by literacy strategies to help address the Standards before, during, and after reading Times content with your students.
Suggestions for making TheTimes a low-stress part of your classroom routine, followed by literacy strategies to help address the Standards before, during, and after reading Times content with your students.
This document lists the 300 most common English words for ESL students to study and learn.
To become a member of the ship’s crew, Charlotte Doyle must pass a test of climbing to the top of the mast. She faces physical and mental challenges to prove her worth to herself and the crew. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
This TED video traces the etymology of the word "true" to show how there can be a whole story in a single word.
A student handout on strategies for understanding and defining difficult vocabulary.
Students will be the definition of vocabulary experts as they use the skills they learn in this lesson to track, define, and ultimately master unfamiliar words.
Students will gain a deeper understanding of unknown words by using context clues.
in this lesson, students extend their vocabulary by participating in the Vocabulary Bingo activity. This activity can be used with other subjects to help improve vocabulary.
In this lesson students review vocabulary by drawing pictures and writing sentences on index cards.
Student will gain understanding of a writer's use of context clues. Students will navigate through a Powerpoint workshop.