In this playlist, students explore standard RI.11-12.3. They learn how to analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text. Students are guided through examples of how to understand sequence and how ideas interact and develop over the course of a text. Students apply what they learned by analyzing another speech. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Links to two practice quizzes or activities • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Excerpt from “Declaration of Conscience” speech given by Senator Margaret Chase Smith • A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “Declaration of Sentiments” and others, two multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank, and one multiple select question Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze speeches • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.11-12.3, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard L.11-12.1.A. They learn how to identify conventions of language usage, including how they change over time. Students are guided through categories of common usage and a few examples of some of these usages. Students apply what they learned by analyzing the language of a historical document or classic literary text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to one practice quiz or activity • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as analogous words • A self-check quiz consisting of three multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze historical documents • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.11-12.1.A, visit Wisewire.com.

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard HSN.RN.A.1. Students answer five questions that test their understanding of rational exponents and the relationship between exponents and roots. This quiz includes: • Five multiple choice questions • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSN.RN.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard HSN.RN.A.1. They learn how to understand the meaning of a rational exponent and the relationship between exponents and roots. Students are guided through solving equations with rational exponents and integer exponents. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Links to four practice quizzes or activities • Links to four instructional videos or texts • A self-check quiz consisting of five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as rational exponent and base Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Review of key terminology • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as understanding the difference between bases and exponents For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSN.RN.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard HSA.APR.A.1. They learn how to use polynomials in a variety of math problems. Students are guided through the processes of adding and subtracting polynomials by combining like terms, multiplying monomials and polynomials by monomials, multiplying two binomials, including special cases, and multiplying polynomials by polynomials. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Explanation of the distributive property • Links to four practice quizzes or activities • Links to eleven instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as trinomial and binomial Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Review of key terminology • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as subtracting polynomials with multiple variables • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as operations on polynomials For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSA.APR.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard L.9-10.1.A. Students answer five questions that test their understanding of using parallel structure. This quiz includes: • One write-in question • Three multiple choice questions • One circle the correct answer question • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.9-10.1.A, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard L.9-10.1.B. They learn how to identify and use various types of phrases and clauses and explain how using sentence variety can add interest and meaning to a text. Students are guided through examples of how to identify and use phrases and clauses, such as prepositional phases and independent clauses, as well as explaining their contributions to the overall text. Students apply what they learned by writing a paragraph consisting of sentences of different lengths and structures. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Links to two practice quizzes or activities • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as infinitive phrase • A self-check quiz consisting of two multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Classroom activities and writing prompts • Links to additional resources, such as worksheets for sentence variety • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.9-10.1.B, visit Wisewire.com.

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard RI.9-10.4. Students answer five questions that test their understanding of the function of phrases and clauses. This quiz includes: • One two-part question • One multiple select question • Three multiple choice questions • Informational passages, such as an excerpt from “The Narrative of Sojourner Truth” and others • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.9-10.4, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.9-10.4. They learn how to analyze how specific word choices impact meaning and tone of text. Students look at passage excerpts containing a variety of word choice and are guided through examples of how to analyze the impact of specific word choice on meaning and tone. Students apply what they learned by searching for a speech and looking at the word choice. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to one practice quiz or activity • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Excerpt from the “Declaration of Sentiments” • Excerpt from President George Washington’s “Farewell Address “ • Definitions of key terms, such as graphics and multimedia • A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” by Patrick Henry, excerpt from “Alabama: Constitution of January 7, 1861,” and others, and five questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Classroom activities and writing prompts • Links to additional resources, such as lesson plans • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.9-10.4, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.9-10.2. They learn how to determine a theme or central idea of a text, analyze its development over the course of the text, and provide an objective summary of the text. Students are guided through reading an excerpt, determining the theme or central idea and writing an objective summary of it. Students apply what they learned by identifying the theme or central idea and writing a summary of a classic horror story. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to one practice quiz or activity • Links to five instructional videos or texts • A self-check quiz consisting of story or poem passages, such as excerpt from “The Awakening,” “The Raven,” and more, and four multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Classroom activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as strategies for teaching theme • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RL.9-10.2, visit .

In this playlist, students explore standard W.8.2.A. They learn how to organize their writing by introducing the topic of an essay, previewing what is to follow, organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories, and use formatting, graphics, and multimedia to aid comprehensions. Students look at example mini-outlines and example paragraphs and are guided through the process of organizing the ideas and details into a coherent structure. Students apply what they learned by creating a news report about a topic of interest. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to one practice quiz or activity • Links to four instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as graphics and multimedia Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Classroom activities and a writing prompt • Links to additional resources, such as how to integrate multimedia into classroom writing projects For more teaching and learning resources on standard W.8.2.A, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard 8.NS.A.1. They learn how to understand the difference between rational and irrational numbers, classify numbers as rational or irrational, and write repeating decimals as fractions. Students are guided through determining the difference between rational and irrational numbers, classifying numbers as rational or irrational, and writing terminating and repeating decimals as fractions. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Links to four instructional videos or texts • Links to four practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as a rational number Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Review of key terminology • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as writing repeating decimals as fractions • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as identifying rational and irrational numbers For more teaching and learning resources on standard 8.NS.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard L.7.1.A. Students answer five questions that test their understanding of the function of phrases and clauses. This quiz includes: • One fill-in-the-blank question • Four multiple choice questions • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.7.1.A, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard L.7.1.B. They learn how to differentiate between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Students look at sentence examples and are guided through the process of differentiating between the sentence forms, choosing different forms to signal differing relationships among ideas, as well as learning the importance of sentence variety. Students apply what they learned by writing a sentence for each of the four sentence forms. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to one instructional video or text • Links to two practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as independent clause and predicate • Practice activities, such as expanding sentences to the relationship between ideas • A self-check quiz consisting of three multiple choice questions, one multiple select question, and one Yes/No question Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Links to additional resources, such as tips for teaching sentence structure • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK level • Differentiation activities, such as an activity for students struggling with telling the difference between the sentence types For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.7.1.B, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard 7.SP.C.5. They learn how to determine the likelihood of an even occurring based on its probability, comparing multiple probabilities, and determining which event is more or less likely to happen. Students learn how to set up a probability formula and are guided through examples of how to use the formula to determine the probability of different scenarios. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Links to six instructional videos or texts • Links to two practice quizzes or activities • Explanation of the role of a number line in probability • Definitions of key terms, such as probability and outcome Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Review of key terminology • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as setting up a probability incorrectly For more teaching and learning resources on standard 7.SP.C.5, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard 7.G.A.2. They learn how to draw geometric shapes with given conditions and how to determine whether conditions for a triangle determine a unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle. Students look at examples of different geometric shapes, their constraints, and are guided through ways to identify and draw them. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Six links to instructional videos or texts • Two links to practice quizzes or activities • Visual examples of triangles by side lengths • Visual examples of polygons and explanations of their constraints Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • A review of the constraints of geometric shapes • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as using a protractor • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as constructing triangles For more teaching and learning resources on standard 7.G.A.2, visit Wisewire.com.

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard RI.6.5. Students answer five questions that test their understanding of analyzing text structure. This quiz includes: • One multiple select question • One fill-in-the blank question • Three multiple choice questions • Informational passages, such as FDA’s “Food Serving Sizes Getting a Reality Check” and others • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.6.5, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.6.5. They learn how to analyze the way a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of ideas. Students look at examples of different text structures and their explanations and are guided through an analysis of an excerpt’s text structure. They apply what they learned in the playlist by analyzing the text structure of a section of text from a science or history textbook of their choosing. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • One link to a practice quiz or activity • Two links to instructional videos or texts • Definitions of the different types of text structures • Excerpt from Library of Congress article “Bowling Great Don Carter Was Born, July 29, 1926.” • A self-check consisting of informational passages, such as “Letter to the Editor in Support of Preserving Local Covered Bridges” and others, and four multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Activities for students • Writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as strategies to teach text structure • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK level For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.6.5, visit Wisewire.com.

Our quizzes are brief, formative diagnostic tools designed to test mastery and identify misconceptions a student has around a single Common Core standard. Assess your students' ability to determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details and to provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments with this quiz. This product includes: • 4 multiple choice questions • "A Rider on the Pony Express" by Wisewire • "Bind, Burn, and Bury: Funeral Rites from Different Cultures" by Wisewire • "For the Most Part, Few Young Adults Live With Their Parents" by Jonathan Vespa David Ihrke Ellyn Arevalo Steidl • "How to Make a Podcast" by Wisewire • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.6.2. They learn how to determine the central idea of an informational text and its important details, identify opinions and judgements in a summary, and draft an objective summary. Students look at excerpts from informational texts and are guided through examples of putting together an objective summary. They apply what they learned by writing an objective summary of provided excerpt. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Examples of objective summaries • Six links to instructional videos or texts • Excerpt from the “Foreword of Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack” by Alben W. Barkley • Excerpt from “Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internments of Civilians” • A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “The Past and Future of Television” and five multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Activity for students • Writing prompt for students • Links to additional resources, such as guidelines for writing summaries • An accompanying answer guide that with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK level For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.6.2, visit Wisewire.com.