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Analyzing Author’s Purpose: Argumentative Text

Resource ID: txlsr14045
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will read a pre-Civil War speech and write author’s purpose statements using the argumentative verbs explain, urge, convince, and encourage.

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Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment: Administering and Interpreting Results

Grade Range: 5 - 12
Subject: ELA & Reading

This binder details how to score and interpret the results of the Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMSFA). This course is Unit 4 of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy (TALA). These materials are available for view only; no credit or certificate is provided.

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Newton's Second Law

Resource ID: txlsr13047
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will work in partners to investigate Newton’s second law by testing a series of experiments with varying conditions.

 

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How Newton's Laws Apply Every Day

Resource ID: txlsr11023a
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students collaboratively determine how the characteristics of a real-world job correlate with each of Newton’s Laws and why that is relevant to their own lives.

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Paired Passages with a Purpose

Resource ID: txlsr11008
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will make inferences about the author’s purpose after reading paired passages involving the same subject.

 

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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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Evaluating Inferences

Resource ID: txlsr1003
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will evaluate a set of inferences to determine if they are valid or invalid and use text evidence to support their stance. The lesson incorporates best practices for English learners (ELs) and at-risk students such as the use of graphic organizers, anchor charts, and cooperative learning.  

 

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Convergent Plate Boundaries

Resource ID: txls135
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will design and test models that will identify crustal features formed by convergent plate boundaries.

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Full Speed Ahead

Resource ID: txls006
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will use hover pucks to measure speed over a distance of six meters. Once speed has been calculated, students will determine velocity using the same data. Finally, students will be able to label all points of acceleration.

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Santa Timeline Breakout

Resource ID: txls078
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students collaborate and critically-think to analyze resources from informational texts of various disciplines and unlock a breakout box. Once the box is unlocked, students receive a final text to summarize.

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Scientific Investigation and Reasoning - Safe Practices

Resource ID: s8m0l1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will use interactive exercises to review common lab safety rules and safety symbols.

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Lab Safety Equipment

Resource ID: s8m0l2
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Given investigation scenarios, students will select appropriate preventative safety equipment.

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Scientific Investigation and Reasoning - Data Organization

Resource ID: s8m0l8
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Using interactive exercises, students will review how to construct tables and graphs in order to organize data.

 

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Scientific Investigation and Reasoning - Data Analysis

Resource ID: s8m0l9
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will use interactive exercises to analyze data to identify patterns, predict trends, formulate reasonable explanations, and communicate valid conclusions.

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Scientific Investigation and Reasoning - Scientific Explanations

Resource ID: s8m0l10
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Using interactive exercises, students will review how to evaluate a scientific explanation.

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Scientific Investigation and Reasoning - Models

Resource ID: s8m0l11
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Using interactive exercises, students will review the three different types of models and the advantages and limitations of models.

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Scientific Investigation and Reasoning - Contribution of Scientists

Resource ID: s8m0l12s1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Using interactive exercises, students will review the contributions of scientist to various fields of scientific study.

 

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Matter and Energy - Atomic Structure

Resource ID: s8m1l1
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Using interactive exercises, students will describe the structure of atoms and the locations of particles with in the atom.

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Gravity

Resource ID: s8m3l2
Grade Range: 6 - 8
Subject: Science

Using interactives, students will demonstrate that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system.

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Light Years

Resource ID: s8m3l7
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will identify how light years are used to measure distances and sizes of components of the universe.

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