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Introduction to Character Foils

Resource ID: txlsr4009
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

During this lesson, students will view video clips and read texts that have character foils examples. Students will complete a graphic organizer with evidence that supports their identification of foil characters. Once complete, students will use the information from the graphic organizer to discuss character foils. 

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Metacognitive Approaches to Student-based Learning

Resource ID: txlsr5002
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students will learn how to make complex inferences and draw conclusions about a work of literary fiction using a combination of text evidence and background knowledge. Using a graphic organizer and a short story, students will record both text evidence and their prior knowledge, and combine these elements to make an inference about the character. 
 

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Una Reseña de un Restaurante

Resource ID: txlsr4011
Grade Range: 6
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students describe a restaurant in restaurant review form using simple phrases and sentences. As they write, students focus on noun-adjective agreement and sentence structure.

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Linguistic Roots and Affixes (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm1l1
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meanings of academic English words and in other content areas.

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Cognates (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm1l4
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will use your knowledge of cognates from other languages to help you understand unfamiliar words.

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Synthesize Ideas and Details in Several Texts (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm2l2
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn how to synthesize ideas and details in texts and support the connections with textual evidence.

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Annotate for Meaning (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm2l3
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn how to annotate or mark a text as you read and re-read to gain a deeper understanding of the text.

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Annotate and Analyze a Paired Passage: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm2p2
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will read and annotate paired texts in order to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

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Annotate and Analyze a Paired Passage: Practice 1 (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm2p1
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will read and annotate paired texts in order to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

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Generate Ideas and Questions

Resource ID: e1wrm1l1
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.

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Effective Introduction and Conclusion and Variety of Sentence Structures (English I Writing)

Resource ID: e1wrm3l1
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to write effective introductions and conclusions with a controlling idea or thesis, using a variety of sentence patterns.

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Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm1l2
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & 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.

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Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm3p2
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will read carefully in order to identify allusion, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism and to evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.

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Understatement/Overstatement (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm3l6
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to recognize and explain the purpose of understatement and overstatement in a text.

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Diction and Tone (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm3l3
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to evaluate the diction in a text and discover the author's tone.

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Close Reading of Prose: Practice 1 (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm3p1
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will read carefully in order to identify diction, tone, and irony and evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.

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Importance of Figurative Language: Practice 3 (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm3p3
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to read a text and understand how the figurative language of a literary work contributes to its historical and cultural setting.

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Rhetorical Devices and Transitions

Resource ID: e1wrm3l2
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to write an essay using effective rhetorical devices and transitions.

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Organization Appropriate to Purpose, Audience, and Context

Resource ID: e1wrm3l3
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to write an essay that is organized appropriate to audience, purpose, and context.

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Development of Characters Through Literary Devices (English I Reading)

Resource ID: e1rdm3l11
Grade Range: 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will be able to recognize how literary devices such as character foils can create complex characters in a short story.

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