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These 12 Lexile® certified passages aligned to RI6.8 are perfect for teaching, developing, or reinforcing 6th grade arguments and claims skills. Sixth graders learn to trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text and distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

This was free for two hours!!! This is an engaging student-ready unit to practice with 6th, 7th, and 8th grade informational text standard CCSS RI.6.8, 7.8, and 8.8. 6.8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. 7.8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the...

Middle and high school English teachers: how do you teach your students to do literary analysis? Room 213 shares tips and strategies to help kids analyze text.

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The Question Answer Response strategy (T. E. Raphael, 1982; 1986) encourages students to use basic comprehension skills to answer questions based on what kind of question is being asked. This product includes: Four 8.5x11 printable posters Large QAR printable bulletin board size letters One student printable with all four strategies on one page The four mini-posters (8.5x11in) that are included in this product represent the four types of question answer relationships as developed by T.E...

Understanding and identifying theme is a higher-order skill that often leaves many students scratching their heads. In fact, many teachers are struggling along side their students trying to find ways help them understand this challenging concept. It is

If you are looking for theme mentor texts or read alouds for teaching theme, definitely check out this post. It shares six read alouds with brief summaries and a list of possible themes for each. The post also shares ideas and guidelines for using the read alouds to teach theme.

Making predictions is great fun with this simple reading activity that can be quickly added to any passage or reading lesson. It's great for before or after reading a passage and it's THE SIMPLEST way to get students highly engaged and discussing the text, textual evidence, and especially the reasoning behind predictions!

Thoughtful Thinkin' is a set of Response to Reading questions that can be used for journaling, reflection, class discussion, etc. Over thirty questions are included, as well as printable pages with each question written 11 times. The possibilities are endless!

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Probable Passage is a great reading strategy that engages readers throughout the passage, and can be used with ANY text!

This is a collection of some of the greatest opening lines from today's most loved authors. Use these openings as mentor texts to teach students what great authors do!

The Book Trailer Project is the perfect way to get students summarizing text. Students enjoy selecting images and music that match the tone of the book. Students then create a "movie" using an online movie making website and ACTION... it's time to pop a little popcorn and let the entire class enjoy the "premier" day as you watch their creations come to life on the big screen!