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Help your ELs familiarize themselves with prepositional phrases as they search for supporting details in nonfiction texts. This lesson could stand alone or be taught prior to teaching the Detective Reading lesson. 

Prepositional Phrases as Key Details

Give your ELs concrete experience with adverbs and adverbial phrases as a tool to discover details in nonfiction texts. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the Hey! What's the Big Idea? lesson.

Discovering Nonfiction Details

Are your students ready to see narratives from a different perspective? This reading lesson will get students excited about discovering first- and third-person points of view.

Two Points of View

Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Your students will practice searching for clues to uncover the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts about John Muir and Day of the Dead traditions around the world. 

Hey! What’s the Big Idea?

Students are often taught that written pieces should be long and detailed, but this isn't the case when it comes to summaries. This lesson gives students the chance to practice keeping summaries concise in a fun and engaging way.

Sum It Up: Introduction to Writing Summaries

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they&#39;re sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.

Cat Comics: Jam Session

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Learn how to identify and remove unnecessary and unrelated details in informational writing!

Finding Irrelevant Details

This lesson combines students' knowledge of US geography and their creative writing skills in one fun activity!

Switching U.S. States

Give your class the "write" tools they need to become excellent authors. In this literary lesson, students use their knowledge of author's purpose to successfully write pieces that persuade, inform, and entertain.

Author's Purpose: Easy as PIE

Use this lesson to help your ELs strengthen their vocabulary and learn how to create a personal timeline. Teach this lesson as a standalone lesson or use it as support for the lesson Timelines and Nonfiction Text. 

Personal Timeline

Roll up your sleeves and get out the magnifying glasses! In this lesson, your students will practice finding supportive details and examples in informational texts.

Detective Reading

Holy cow! Did President George W. Bush really have a longhorn named Ofelia as a pet? Students learn about wacky White House pets in this fun research activity that includes “president interviews” and a pet choice writing page.

Presidential Pets

Let's get reading! In this lesson, students will identify the main idea and details of a nonfiction text. Use this on its own or as support for the lesson Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Nonfiction Main Idea

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

Oreo Persuasive Writing

Students put their knowledge of animal adaptations to the test when they create a new creature with its own unique set of adaptations!

Amazing Animals Adaptations!

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine&#39;s Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Valentine Haiku

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

How to Write a Scary Story

Get in the spirit of Christmas with a writing prompt about your favorite Christmas gifts! Your child can use descriptive language to make a paragraph.

Christmas Gift Writing Prompt

Help students learn about descriptive writing with this engaging lesson. Your class will learn to show character emotions though the “show, don’t tell” writing technique with videos, practice writing, and class participation.

Writing: Show, Don’t Tell

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her. 

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

A Misty Copeland Biography

Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.

Interesting Introductions

Teach young writers some commonly used strategies to pace their narrative writing. Students will learn to use formatting, dialogue, and description to speed up or slow down their piece. 

Pacing Strategies

Help your beginning writer become an excellent essay-writer with this helpful proofreading practice sheet.

Proofreading Practice #3

There are many ways that writers can add voice to their writing, including dialect, emotion, word choice, and ALL CAPS.

Adding Voice to Your Writing

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

Argument Writing: Pre-Writing Organizer

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Thinking About Characters: Literary Response

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

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