In this lesson, students pose questions about the subject of a short story based on the title and cover illustration, then read the story and determine if their questions actually pertained to the story line, and, if so, how the story answered the questions.
Question-Answer relationship (QAR) is a strategy to be used after students have read. QAR teaches students how to decipher what types of questions they are being asked and where to find the answers to them. Four types of questions are examined in the QAR.
In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
The story Raymond's Run is told through the eyes of Hazel Squeaky Parker, who is the fastest runner in her Harlem neighborhood. She spends the majority of her time practicing for upcoming races and taking care of her brother, Raymond, who is mentally challenged and to whom she is very devoted. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
This Powerpoint introduces archetypes found in literature, tv shows, and movies. Brief explanation for each of the selected archetypes and examples are presented. There is an application assignment where students will find additional archetype examples and write a brief essay demonstrating understanding of archetype.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Math.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 8th Grade ELA.
In this lesson, students read the story of Rip Van Winkle and use Venn diagrams to compare his old life and his new life.
The speaker reflects on the risks and responsibilities of making choices and deciding which road to take. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this poem through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
In this lesson, students read the novel "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" and participate in an Oprah Winfrey-style show to review the events in the novel and gain a more in-depth understanding of them.
In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this play through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
In this literary unit, students explore rural life during the Great Depression by analyzing Richard Peck's, A Year Down Yonder.
Students examine Scrooge’s experiences with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future and discover how Dickens used both direct and indirect characterization to create a protagonist who is more than just a stereotype.
“The Secret†tells the story of Henry Cooper, a reporter, returning for the second time to report on the colonies now existing on the Moon. Based on a hunch, he becomes suspicious of a “secret†that may be looming on the Moon. Cooper sets out on a mission to confirm his suspicions, which leads him to discover that life on the moon can be as long as 200 years. Cooper must then decide if this “secret†should be kept or shared with those back on Earth. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
A Seed Discussion is a two-part strategy used to teach students how to engage in discussions about assigned readings. In the first part, students read selected text and identify "seeds" or key concepts of a passage which may need additional explanation. In the second part, students work in small groups to present their "seeds" to one another. Each "seed" should be thoroughly discussed before moving on to the next.
A study guide - great for readers who are below grade level - to allow students to dig deeply into A Midsummer Night's Dream and find additionally resources to better dive deeply into the text.
This teachers guide for Somewhere There is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum with Todd Hasak-Lowy includes discussion questions and prompts for interpretation for each part of the book, assignments and worksheets, ideas to integrate visual media, and writing assignment ideas.
In this lesson, students write a short article for an imaginary music magazine in which they interpret the lyrics of a popular song.
This resource is a collection of discussion questions to supplement Sounds of the River by Da Chen, the story of a young Bejing teenager Da Chen who takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates.
In this lesson, students demonstrate their knowledge of the book "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes by illustrating and paraphrasing each chapter to create a graphic organizer.