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Teaming up with Transitions

Resource ID: txlsr1005
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students participate in an activity where they must link cause and effect statements using transition words. The lesson is designed with English learners in mind, and it includes instructional strategies designed to provide comprehensible input, such as visuals and collaborative learning.
 

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Why Would They Say That?

Resource ID: txlsr14042
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will analyze multiple texts on the same topic to identify the text structures used and find each author’s purpose.

Teacher compares author's purpose in text to the purposes of eating utensils.

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How the Constitution Mends the Heart After the Breakup: Declaration of Independence

Resource ID: txlsr14047
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Social Studies
Teacher introducing lesson

Students will identify ways in which the U.S. Constitution addresses specific grievances enumerated in the Declaration of Independence.

 

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Poetry With Purpose

Resource ID: txlsr11003
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students collaborate in small groups to discuss their peers’ poetry and assess the poetry according to the student-created rubric. The rubric assesses students’ ability to make meaningful connections to the poetic devices in their poetry. Through collaboration, they are building a culture of receptiveness among their peers.

 

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Revising for Coherence

Resource ID: txlsr10009
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will use a checklist to peer edit a composition. They will check for coherence through the proper use of transition words and conjunctions.

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PES of the West!

Resource ID: txlsr14009
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Social Studies

: Students will analyze primary sources, images, and speeches to form opinions about causal relationships and compare and contrast those opinions with historical documents.

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“Dude, Our Rules Came from These Old Documents?!”

Resource ID: txls260
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Social Studies

As students rotate through learning stations, they analyze the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, and the English Bill of Rights. Students interpret the historical documents and draw conclusions as to how these docuemnts have influenced the U.S. system of government. 

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Constitutional Grievances and Modern Day Solutions

Resource ID: txls262
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Social Studies

Students will correlate current events to constitutional grievances and create modern solutions.

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Is the Federal Government Stepping on Our Toes?

Resource ID: txls196
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Social Studies

Students will identify and analyze the constitutional principle of federalism and the major role it played in the Civil War in regards to the United States government.

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Discovering the Power of a Complete Sentence

Resource ID: txls134
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will discover the necessary components of a complete sentence and use the complete subject and complete predicate in their own writing through a process called ratiocination.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Vertical Alignment

Click below to learn about the TEKS related to the unit and Research Lesson. The highlighted student expectation(s) is the chosen focus for the Research Lesson.

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Fun with First Drafts

Resource ID: txls086
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

The lesson will support students’ writing a first draft of a personal narrative story by providing opportunities to listen to their previously recorded story, review their (graphic organizer) draft web, and add sticky notes with further details to their webs.

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Exploration and Colonization of America

Resource ID: ss8m1l2
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Social Studies

Given short summaries about the reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America, students will compare English and Spanish settlements in the New World.

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Understanding New Vocabulary within Context

Resource ID: e8rdm1l1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn how to find the meanings of words through analogy and other word relationships.

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Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

Resource ID: e8rdm1l2
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & 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.

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Compare/Contrast Themes and Genres in Literary Texts

Resource ID: e8rdm2l1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn how to analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support your understanding.

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Analyze Linear Plot Developments in Literary Texts/Fiction

Resource ID: e8rdm2l2
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn how to use the elements of linear plot development to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved.

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Synthesize Ideas in Informational/Expository Text

Resource ID: e8rdm3l3
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & 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 and support with textual evidence.

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Edit Drafts for Grammar, Mechanics, and Spelling

Resource ID: e8wrm3l1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn how to edit a draft for grammar, mechanics, and spelling using editing strategies.

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Revise Your Writing

Resource ID: e8wrm2l1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn strategies to help you revise your writing to achieve clarity, coherence, and transition in order to address purpose, audience, and genre.

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Write a Persuasive Text that Supports a Position

Resource ID: e8wrm1l9
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

You will learn to write a persuasive text that responds to the views of others by using evidence that differentiates between fact and opinion to support your viewpoint.

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