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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
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 4 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 16 multiple choice and 4 matching questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
Preface to “Our Vanishing Wild Life” by William T. Hornaday
“Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day” by Ronald Reagan
“The Military Argument” by Alice Stone Blackwell
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Assess student understanding of standard RL.9-10.9 with this quiz. Students answer three questions that test their ability to analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work with this quiz.
This product includes:
• 3 multiple choice questions
• An excerpt from "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
• An excerpt from "Ulysses" by James Joyce
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
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 cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain with this quiz.
This product includes:
• 2 multiple choice questions
• 1 true/false question
• An excerpt from "The Sport of the Gods (1902)" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Assess student understanding of standard RI.7.4 with this quiz. Students answer five questions that test their ability to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings and to analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
This product includes:
• 3 multiple choice questions
• 2 matching questions
• "Sugar, Sugar " by Wisewire
• An excerpt from "Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day" by President Ronald Reagan
• An accompanying 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. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 4 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 1 sorting and 19 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
- “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer
- “Little Lord Fauntleroy” by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson
- “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Assess student understanding of standard RI.7.4 with this quiz. Students answer five questions that test their ability to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings and to analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
This product includes:
• 3 multiple choice questions
• 2 matching questions
• "How to Make a Podcast" by Wisewire
• "Preface to Our Vanishing Wild Life" by William T. Hornaday
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard RL.5.1. Students answer five multiple choice questions that test their ability to quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
This quiz includes:
• 5 multiple choice questions
• An accompanying 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.5.4. 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.5.6. They will describe how a narrator or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. Students will identify and understand the use of anecdotes in informational texts. 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 third-person omniscient and point of view
• Examples of the same story from different points of view
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 RL.5.4. They will learn how to identify examples of figurative language and use context to determine the meaning of words and phrases. Students will explain what a metaphor and simile is. 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
• 7 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and two matching questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as literal meaning and metaphor
• Examples of how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
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 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
