trokilinochchi via Compfight Essential Questions: How do writers create suspense in works of nonfiction? How do natural disasters affect communities? Why is community important in times of tragedy? Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze how an author and a… Continue Reading
“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being.” – John Wooden Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information about the role of sugar in our lives from two articles… Continue Reading
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” – Confucius Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information about the role of sugar in our lives from two articles and an… Continue Reading
“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John Maxwell Learning Objective: Students will be able to apply the concepts of plot to analyze themes in multiple texts // Enrichment: Students will be able to use text evidence to make inferences and draw conclusions about a… Continue Reading
Learning Objective: Students will be able to integrate information from two nonfiction texts about the causes and challenges of stuttering Featured Skill: Synthesizing Other Key Skills: Characterization, key ideas and supporting details, text features, text structure, author’s craft Essential Questions: How do we build confidence? Why… Continue Reading
“It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more that is poor.” – Seneca Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify and analyze a common theme in two texts of different genres. Featured Skill: Theme Other Key Skills: inference, interpreting… Continue Reading
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. Bill Gates Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information from fiction and nonfiction texts Key Skills: character, inference, figurative language, author’s purpose, foreshadowing, literary device, synthesizing Essential… Continue Reading
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. – Vince Lombardi Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information from fiction and nonfiction texts Key… Continue Reading
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” –Anne Frank Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze the tone and key ideas of a work of literary nonfiction while reflecting on how our digital habits affect our culture. Key Skills:… Continue Reading
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin Your success as a student is shown by “continual growth and progress,” not by perfection. Remember that ISTEP is just one way… Continue Reading