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.5.4. 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 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 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.5.1. 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.5.3. They will compare and contrast two or more characters and settings in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. Students look at the ways the characters in a story are similar or different can give a reader a better understanding of the story. Students also have the option to listen to instructional audio and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as contrast and event • Examples of how to draw on key details to compare and contrast characters and settings 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 For more teaching and learning resources on standard RL.5.3, visit

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 playlist, students explore standard RI.11-12.2. They learn how to identify central ideas, distinguish between central ideas and supporting factors, and analyze how central ideas and their respective supporting facts interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis. Students learn about an important Supreme Court case in order to practice providing a complex analysis. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Information on Marbury v. Madison • Links to seven instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as thesis statement • Excerpt from Opinion Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas • A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “Declaration of Independence” and others and two multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank question, and one multiple select question 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 RI.11-12.2, 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 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 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