Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)

You will be able to distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning.
Organization Appropriate to Purpose, Audience, and Context

You will be able to write an essay that is organized appropriate to audience, purpose, and context.
Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes (English 6 Reading)

You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Understand New Vocabulary Within Context (English 6 Reading)

You will learn how to use context (e.g., cause and effect or compare and contrast organizational text structures) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words.
Imagery and Figurative Language

Using textual evidence, you will be able to explain how authors create meaning through stylistic elements and figurative language emphasizing the use of personification, hyperbole, and refrains in prose and poetry.
Summarize Informational/Expository Text (English 6 Reading)

You will learn how to summarize the main ideas and supporting details in text and understand that a summary does not include opinions.
Make Inferences in Informational/Expository Text (English 6 Reading)

You will be able to explain how different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition and support, problem and solution) develop the main idea and the author’s viewpoint.
Synthesize Ideas in Informational/Expository Texts (English 6 Reading)

You will learn how to synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres (including literary text) and support the findings with textual evidence.
Target 2% Lessons to Support Comprehension for Grades K through 5

These comprehension activities are designed to enhance the instruction of all teachers of reading and to meet the learning needs of all students, as indicated by data.
Write for Texas Overview Video

This resource links to the Write for Texas online resources and includes a short video overview.
Target 2% Lessons to Support Vocabulary for Grades K through 5

Vocabulary knowledge is an essential component of comprehension, language proficiency, and reading growth for all students.These vocabulary activities are designed to enhance the instruction of all teachers of reading and to meet the learning needs of all students, as indicated by data.
Target 2% Lessons to Support Phonics for Grades K through 5

Phonics is the relationship between the letters (graphemes) of written language and the sounds (phonemes) of spoken language. These phonics activities are designed to enhance the instruction of all teachers of reading and to meet the learning needs of all students, as indicated by data.
Write an Expository and/or Procedural Text (English 6 Writing)

You will learn how to write an expository/procedural text with a variety of sentence structures, rhetorical devices, transitions, appropriate facts, and details.
Analyze (Describe) Point of View in Literary Texts/Fiction

You will learn how to analyze different points of view, including first-person, third-person omniscient, and third-person limited.
Analyze the Development of Plot through Characters in Literary Text/Fiction

You will learn how the internal and external responses of the characters, including their motivations and conflicts, contribute to the development of the story’s plot.
Understanding Drama

You will learn how to explain a playwright’s use of dialogue and stage directions.
Explain the Influence of Setting on Plot Development in Literary Text/Fiction

You will learn how the setting in a story can influence the development of the plot.
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day | StoryBlocks

The presenters model a song or rhyme, and explain how each song or rhyme helps children build important pre-reading skills.
¡El Pollo! | StoryBlocks

La investigación muestra los bebés pueden reconocer que las palabras mucho antes de que puedan hablar.
Los Elefantes | StoryBlocks

La investigación muestra los bebés pueden reconocer que las palabras mucho antes de que puedan hablar.