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 Students apply what they learned by analyzing the language of a historical document or classic literary text.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Notes include: • Activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze historical documents • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.11-12.1.A,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 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 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.

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Examples of how to explore structural choices • Excerpts from several texts that allow students to practice analyzing an argument based on an understanding of its structure • "Declaration of Sentiments" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage • An excerpt from "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" by President Abraham Lincoln • An excerpt from "Understanding Fruit and Vegetable Choices" by Joanne F. Guthrie, USDA • An excerpt from "A History of Art for Beginners and Students" by Clara Erskine Clement • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard • Ideas for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of your students • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as conjunctive adverb and independent clause • Examples of how to join two independent clauses together in one sentence • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as affixes and word family • Examples of common spelling rules • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as seminal and delineate • Examples of how to evaluate the premises, purposes, and arguments in a work of public advocacy • An excerpt from "Federalist No. 10" by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison • An excerpt from "People of the United States of America" by President George Washington • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Examples of how to add parallelism to problem sentences • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and one yes/no question • Definitions of key terms, such as base word and suffix • Examples of high-frequency words • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

Students explore standard L.3.3.A with this playlist. They will analyze an author’s word choices. Students will work to understand how word choice shapes meaning, mood, or tone in a text. They will choose words that express ideas clearly. Students also have the option to listen to instructional audio and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos, audio files, or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as word choice and effect • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one matching question • An excerpt from "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Students explore standard L.3.5.C with this playlist. They will learn how to distinguish between words with similar meanings. Students will organize words according to their shades of meaning. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as synonyms and thesaurus • Examples of how to organize words by their shades of meaning • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as modal auxiliaries and auxiliary verbs • Charts that provide examples of different conditions that modal auxiliaries create • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels

Students explore standard L.3.6 with this playlist. They will use words and phrases that describe relationships of time and space. Students will look more closely at temporal words and phrases. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 1 link to instructional videos or texts • 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as spatial and temporal • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 1 link to instructional videos or texts • 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one sorting question • Definitions of key terms, such as synonym and adjective • Examples of how to use context clues to make connections • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as prefix and suffix • Examples of how to find the root in a word with affixes • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels

Students explore standard L.3.5.A with this playlist. They will determine the meaning of nonliteral and literal phrases in context. Students will be able to tell the difference between literal and nonliteral phrases. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes one multiple choice question and two matching questions • Definitions of key terms, such as literal meaning and nonliteral meaning • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Students explore standard L.6.3.A with this playlist. They will identify when sentence patterns should be varied. Students will take steps to vary sentence patterns to improve meaning, reader interest, and style. Students also have the option to watch instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 1 link to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as conjunction and clause • Examples of how to vary sentence patterns to create more interesting writing • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as point of view through comparison • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Students explore standard RL.11-12.6 with this playlist. They will analyze and interpret styles of writer’s craft in conveying point of view, including sarcasm, satire, irony, and understatement. Students will determine the literal and figurative meaning of words or expressions. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 6 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as explicit or implicit • An excerpt from "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift • An excerpt from "Vanity Fair (1847)" by William Makepeace Thackeray • An excerpt from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " by Washington Irving • An excerpt from "Three Musketeers " by Alexandre Dumas • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard. This product includes: • 6 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions, one sorting question, and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as gerunds and participles • Examples of how gerunds, participles, and infinitives function in sentences • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional resources if your students confuse verbals with verb tenses • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (depth of knowledge) levels