Students explore standard RL.9-10.7 with this playlist. They will analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic media. Students will look closely at authors' emphasis and purpose. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos, audio files, or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one sorting question • Definitions of key terms, such as representation and medium • Excerpts from several texts, including "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare • 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 RI.11-12.9 with this playlist. They will identify and analyze the purpose and theme of a primary document. Students will explore rhetorical features of a primary document. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 7 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one sorting question • 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 • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as textual evidence and inference • Examples of how to determine where a text leaves matters uncertain • 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 RL.9-10.4 with this playlist. They will analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone. Students will think critically about how the cumulative effect of word choices evokes a sense of time, place, and the relationship between characters. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes one multiple choice question and two matching questions • Definitions of key terms, such as tone and denotative meaning • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Students explore standard RI.9-10.8 with this playlist. They will delineate and evaluate an argument. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and one sorting question • Definitions of key terms, such as fallacious argument and evidence • Excerpts from several texts, including President Andrew Jackson's "Message to Congress on Indian Removal" • 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

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.2. They will determine two or more main ideas in an informational text. Students will explain how each main idea is supported by key details. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist 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 main ideas and key details • Examples of how to identify the main idea and key details in a text Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.4. They will determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grades 3-5 topic or subject area. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as affix and domain-specific words • Examples of how to identify and interpret affixes Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.1. They will draw inferences from the text and use evidence to support those inferences. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 5 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as explicit and quotes • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.7. They will draw on information from multiple print or digital sources. Students will demonstrate the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 6 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes two true/false questions and one multiple choice question • Definitions of key terms, such as print sources and text features • Examples of how to use the table of contents in a text to find answers Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.6. They will analyze similarities and differences in the author’s point of view in multiple accounts of the same event or topic. Students will study historical texts to compare and contrast the different accounts. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as point of view • Excerpts from several texts, including "Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass" by Fredrick Douglass Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.9. They will gather relevant facts and details from multiple sources on the same topic. Students will combine and organize relevant facts and details from multiple sources on the same topic. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Guidelines on how to take notes and organize the information to write about a subject knowledgeably Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.3. They will learn how to describe the relationships between individuals, events, and ideas in an informational text. Students will use transition words to understand those relationships. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 2 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as technical text and interaction • Examples of how to identify individuals, events, ideas, and concepts in a text Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.9. They will compare and contrast adventure stories’ approaches to similar themes and topics. Students work through excerpts from such books as “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one sorting question • Definitions of key terms, such as genre and protagonist Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.2. They will determine how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges. Students will read excerpts from several texts, including "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as character and challenge • Excerpts from several texts including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.1. They will learn how to quote accurately from a text when drawing inferences from a text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 6 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as quoting and inference • Examples of how to take clues from what is clearly stated in the text and make inferences based on those clues Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources on standard RI.5.1 • Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.7.4. They will explain how rhymes and repeated sounds impact a play. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as interjection and rhythm • Examples of how writers use interjections to create a mood or to emphasize a quality about a character Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.7.7. They will analyze how audio and video speeches add to or change the message and tone of text speeches. Students will work to understand the differences between text, audio, and video speeches. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as media and portrayal • Examples of how the presence of pauses and audience reactions in an audio version changes understanding Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities

In this playlist, students explore standard L.5.2.D. They will use italics or underlining to indicate titles of longer works like books and whole newspapers. Students will use quotation marks to indicate titles of shorter works, like magazine articles or chapters of books. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist 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 underlining and quotation marks • Examples of how to indicate titles of longer works Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.6.2. They will write an objective summary of a text. Students will learn how to identify the most important information in a text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as objective and subjective • Examples of how to differentiate between objective and subjective summaries Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels

In this playlist, students explore standard L.7.4.A. They will learn how to use a word’s position and function in a sentence to figure out meaning. Students will use the overall meaning of a sentence to figure out the meaning of an unknown word. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 5 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as context clues • Examples of how to look at nearby sentences to help determine the context of an unknown word Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • 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 levels