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Revising for Coherence

Resource ID: TXLSR10.009
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will use a checklist to peer edit a composition. They will check for coherence through the proper use of transition words and conjunctions.

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Analyzing Author’s Purpose: Argumentative Text

Resource ID: TXLSR14.045
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will read a pre-Civil War speech and write author’s purpose statements using the argumentative verbs explain, urge, convince, and encourage.

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Figuring out Figurative Language

Resource ID: TXLSR1.002
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will work collaboratively to infer the implied meaning of a metaphor used in a poem. Students will complete a graphic organizer in which they discuss with their peers the two items being compared in the metaphor, write and illustrate the literal meaning of each word being compared, and use this information to infer the implied meaning of the metaphor. The lesson has a strong focus on vocabulary development and is designed with English learners (ELs) in mind.  
 

 

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Syncing with Inferences

Resource ID: TXLSR1.010
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students integrate relevant text evidence and background knowledge to generate valid inferences when reading a historical fiction text. The lesson was designed with English learners in mind, so it includes instructional strategies designed to make linguistic and content input comprehensible: a focus on vocabulary, visuals, cooperative learning, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and sentence stems/frames.

 

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Composing Like Beethoven

Resource ID: TXLSR14.028
Grade Range: 4
Subject: Fine Arts

Students will review music vocabulary, name notes using flashcards, and create and present a 4/4 composition using rhythm sticks and other available instruments.

Music flash cards

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Revision is in the Details

Resource ID: TXLSR11.031
Grade Range: 1
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students receive the same pre-generated sentence and discuss with a partner how to revise that sentence, adding details either by writing or drawing. 

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What Can You Infer?

Resource ID: TXLSR10.020
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will learn how to use textual evidence to make inferences and to support their understanding.

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Bulldogs “Paws” for a Good Summary

Resource ID: TXLS132
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

This lesson helps students summarize information in expository text using logical order. The lesson begins with students using a T-chart to categorize information as they summarize a text. By the end of the lesson, students will independently summarize information. As students transition through activities in the lesson, they will work both in groups and independently using a variety of best practices and a checklist to heighten intrinsic motivation, increasing chances for success.

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"C" to the "E" Can't Conquer Me

Resource ID: TXLS094
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will explore cause and effect relationships by creating different representations of a cause or an effect from a given scenario.

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Teaming up with Transitions

Resource ID: TXLSR1.005
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students participate in an activity where they must link cause and effect statements using transition words. The lesson is designed with English learners in mind, and it includes instructional strategies designed to provide comprehensible input, such as visuals and collaborative learning.
 

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Retelling with Confidence

Resource ID: TXLS195
Grade Range: 1
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students learn how to use the pictures in their books to retell a story in sequence. The teacher models how to use the pictures to retell the story Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. The students and teacher complete a graphic organizer using picture representations from the book. The graphic organizer is a frame for all the elements of a strong retell and requires students to include new vocabulary; the characters and setting; and the beginning, middle, and end of the book, Stellaluna. Students will apply the picture retell strategy by completing a graphic organizer for their own book and retelling the story to peers and their teacher.

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Author’s Purpose: Reading for Meaning

Resource ID: TXLSR1.004
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students use text evidence and background knowledge to generate and evaluate inferences about the author's purpose for specific sections of a passage as well as the entire passage. The lesson is designed with English learners (ELs) and students from families that speak nonstandard dialects of English in mind. The lesson provides scaffolded instruction through the use of strategies designed to make input comprehensible: visuals, graphic organizers, sentence frames, hand gestures, and collaborative learning.

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Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment: Administering and Interpreting Results

Grade Range: 10 - 9
Subject: ELA & Reading

This binder details how to score and interpret the results of the Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMSFA). This course is Unit 4 of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy (TALA). These materials are available for view only; no credit or certificate is provided.

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Escribir una carta persuasiva

Resource ID: TXLSR4.012
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

This lesson was intended to be delivered in a face-to-face classroom environment.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, this lesson has been modified from its original design to be executed in a virtual setting.

This virtual lesson was designed to prepare students to communicate familiar topics in the presentational writing mode in the target language.  Students will act as a college advisor and respond to a prospective student’s email regarding housing options.  Students will then peer evaluate each other’s writing and provide meaningful feedback using a rubric.

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The Bucket Brigade

Resource ID: TXLSR1.011
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students rotate to various learning stations and work with a partner to complete tasks that require them to generate inferences, infer the theme of short reading passages, write personal narratives or stories that exemplify a selected theme, and develop Tier Two high utility vocabulary. The lesson incorporates best practices for English learners (ELs) and at-risk students such as the use of collaborative learning, graphic organizers, anchor charts, and technology applications.

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It’s More Than Just Sounding It Out

Resource ID: TXLS266
Grade Range: 1
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will be able to understand vowel digraphs (ai/ay pattern).

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Morphology Mania

Resource ID: TXLS114
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will discover and use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine the meaning of unknown words.

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The Battle Between Editing and Revising

Resource ID: TXLS014A
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will apply revision strategies to mentor texts. They also will have the opportunity to create a new book.

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Paired Passages with a Purpose

Resource ID: TXLSR11.008
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will make inferences about the author’s purpose after reading paired passages involving the same subject.

 

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Poetry With Purpose

Resource ID: TXLSR11.003
Grade Range: 8
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students collaborate in small groups to discuss their peers’ poetry and assess the poetry according to the student-created rubric. The rubric assesses students’ ability to make meaningful connections to the poetic devices in their poetry. Through collaboration, they are building a culture of receptiveness among their peers.

 

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