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Reading strategies Common Core RH.11-12.3 resources

Text Features of Informational Articles About Modern Day India: Reading Passages

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This lesson is a contains several short informational articles about India today. The articles are all high interest (monsoons, worlds hottest chili pepper, UFO spotted in India). Using these articles and the accompanied graphic organizers, students will identify and analyze the different text features of these articles and the purpose end effectiveness to which they have been used.--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$

Subjects:

Asian Studies, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.7.1

, RI.7.2

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Also included in: Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities

End of the Year Activities Last Week of School High School Reading Comprehension

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Linda Jennifer

This is a self-contained product that focuses on a small section of Plato’s Republic. The work is listed as an exemplary information text in the CCSS for Language Arts. This product is perfect for High School reading comprehension.Plato’s Republic is one of the most influential texts in the Western canon and has significantly shaped Western culture. The following is from Allan Bloom’s “Preface to the Second Edition.” “The Republic is, of course, a permanent book, one of the small number of books

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

CCSS:

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Also included in: End of the Year Activities Last Week of School High School Reading Comprehension

SCAMS: How to Analyze Political Cartoons

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History in 523

This lesson is designed to help students learn how to break a political cartoon down into its basic parts so that they understand what message the artist is trying to send. Students break the picture down into its 5 partsS: Subject (What is the cartoon about?)C: Caption (What words can they see?)A: Action (What is physically happening in the picture)M: Message(What is the artist trying to say about the subject?)S: Symbols(What object/idea is being used to represent something else?)Once kids get

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Reading Strategies, U.S. History

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

Also included in: Civil War and Reconstruction Unit Files