Reading and Writing for Main Idea
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify main ideas and supporting details in paragraphs.
- Students will rank-order ideas in preparation for writing paragraphs.
- Students will organize and write their own paragraphs.
Self-Questioning
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to generate questions across multiple content areas.
- Students will write focus questions for a text.
- Students will raise and write questions of a selected text.
Semantic Feature Analysis
Learning Targets:
- Students will analyze semantic features of words to determine their meaning.
- Students will write about and discuss relationships among words.
Sentence Diagramming
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to diagram sentences that include compound subjects and predicates.
- Students will be able to identify and sort words according to a spelling pattern
- Students will be able to organize sentences in conventional English.
Simple Present and Present Progressive Stories
Learning Targets:
- Students will write answers to comprehension questions using simple present and present progressive tenses.
- Students will identify examples and non-examples.
SQ3R
Learning Targets:
- Students will survey or “pre-read” a text using SQ3R to increase their comprehension
- Students will write thoughtful prediction questions about the text prior to reading.
- Students will articulate text with full understanding.
- Students will apply post-reading understanding to adjust their SQ3R notes.
Summary Writing
Learning Targets:
- Students will summarize information in follow-up to a short reading.
- Students will analyze details to rank by order of importance prior to writing their summaries.
- Students will apply knowledge of grammar and conventions.
The Frayer Model
Lesson Targets:
The Who Cares Proposal Test
Learning Targets:
- Students will make decisions about relationships among concepts, supported with examples from the text.
- Students will write explanations about causes and effects.
- Students will identify important information.
- Students will leverage text with relevance to their own lives.
Using Target Structure for Questions and Answers
Learning Targets:
- Students will apply knowledge of target structure to write questions and answers.
- Students will apply an internal questioning process to articulate their own questions and answers.
Using Verbs in Writing: Simple, Past, Irregular
Learning Targets:
- Students will listen to examples and non-examples of simple, past, and irregular verb usage.
- Students will analyze verb use.
- Students will edit and correct sentences.
Working With Contractions
Learning Targets:
- Students will be able to apply conventional English to edit sentences and paragraphs with a focus on contractions.
- Students will distinguish examples from non-examples.
- Students will identify proper and improper contraction use.
Writing a Feature Article
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize information onto a graphic organizer to write an Op Ed article of their own.
- Students will review and analyze Op Ed articles to develop familiarity with, and understanding of, the genre.
- Students compile organized information into a full Op Ed article for publication.
Writing an Opinion Editorial
Learning Targets:
- Students will organize information onto a graphic organizer to write an Op Ed article of their own.
- Students will review and analyze Op Ed articles to develop familiarity with, and understanding of, the genre.
- Students compile organized information into a full Op Ed article for publication.
Writing The Simple Paragraph
Learning Targets:
- Students will identify the main idea and details of a paragraph.
- Students will use key vocabulary to fill in details about a paragraph’s main idea.