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English III Informational Text Standards

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TN English III
Informational Text Standards



A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons site for teachers | A PowerPoint show related to this standard PowerPoint show | An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format Acrobat document | A Microsoft Word document to be downloaded Word document | This interactive site would work well on an interactive whiteboard whiteboard resource | This resource includes voice instructions for students sound | A video is available through this link video format | This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data interactive lesson | This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding a quiz | A lesson plan can be found at this site lesson plan | This link includes something for the teacher to print to print


Language | Communication | Writing | Research | Logic | Informational Text | Media | Literature


Language Arts Curriculum Standards
3003 - English III

Internet Resources
Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment)
6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7
Recognize clear or subtle and implied relationships among ideas (e.g., cause-effect, comparative, sequential) in complex informational texts.
3003.6.1

Cause-Effect

  1. Adverb Clauses: Cause and Effect Relationships - complete the statement to create a cause and effect This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  2. Cause and Effect Transitions - Combine two sentences using connecting words to show cause and effect. This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  3. Cause and Effect - Quia Quiz This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  4. Cause and Effect Activities and Quizzes - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms Internet4Classrooms step-by-step module
  5. Cause and Effect Diagrams - Lesson showing how to think through causes of a problem
  6. Cause and Effect Sheet - Read passage online and answer questions on paper This link includes something for the teacher to print
  7. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsCause and Effect Lesson - explore some cause and effect situations using graphic organizers A lesson plan can be found at this site
  8. Cause and Effect Pretest - Short passages to read, followed by questions, after taking the pretest try another Pre- test This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  9. Cause and Effect quizzes - Quiz One | Quiz Two | Quiz Three | Quiz Four | Quiz Five This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  10. Cause and Effect Slide Show Presentation - After viewing the show take a post test This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  11. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsCause-and-Effect Writing Challenges Students - The cause-and-effect relationship is both a way of thinking and a format for writing. Teachers who emphasize cause-and-effect writing say that they are helping students learn to think critically as well as write cogently. Read what three experienced teachers have to say about this teaching approach, which can be used with students of all ages. This is an article from Education World magazine

Compare-Contrast

  1. Compare and Contrast Activities - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms Internet4Classrooms step-by-step module
  2. Compare and Contrast Lesson Plans - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms Internet4Classrooms step-by-step module
  3. Compare or Contrast? - Which is it? Read the sentence and decide whether you are comparing or contrasting
  4. Comparing and Contrasting Fables - apply literal, interpretive, and critical thinking skills to two versions of a fable. They will then draw a cartoon to illustrate the moral of one of the fables they read.A lesson plan can be found at this site
  5. Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern - investigate picture books organized in comparison/contrast structures to discover methods of organization A lesson plan can be found at this site
  6. Compare/Contrast Online Activities - These activities help students read and write using compare and contrast. A good place to start would be "Help Lee Decide." After that, try "What Should Maria Do?" This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  7. Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales - students will read three examples of literature in which common fairy tale themes are revised and then compare and contrast them thematically and in terms of form. A lesson plan can be found at this site
  8. Practice with Comparison and Contrast - lab activity to find and organize similarities and differences This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  9. Test Tutor - compare and contrast practice This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  10. Ordering the Phrases - interactive quiz - learn about the different stages of a presentation and to learn some phrases that tell your audience where you are in your presentation This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  11. Patterns of Organization and Their Clue Words- handout; defines term with example word usage [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.] An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  12. Principles of Organization - scroll to middle of page to get to this section - four broad principles
  13. Planning, Writing, and Completing Oral Presentations - quiz with 30 multiple choice questions and 5 essay questions This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
Summarize in a concise and well-organized way the main ideas, supporting details, and relationships among ideas in complex informational and technical texts.
3003.6. 2
  1. Finding the Main Idea This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  2. How are They Selling It? - students read three advertisements and evaluate the type of persuasive writing being employed This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  3. Main Idea - building blocks of comprehension - exercises to print included This link includes something for the teacher to print
  4. Main Idea - The main idea of a paragraph is what all the sentences are about. Read the paragraph and ask, "What's your point?" This link includes something for the teacher to print
  5. Main Idea - lesson on main idea of a passage and an activity to print This link includes something for the teacher to print A lesson plan can be found at this site
  6. Reading Comprehension - free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents - includes original stories, poems, essays, and articles This link includes something for the teacher to print
  7. Reading Detective - Quia quiz This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  8. Reading Headlines - read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  9. Summarize as You Read - When you summarize, eliminate unnecessary details. Focus on the main idea of the whole passage. This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  10. What's the Big Idea - solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  11. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 1 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." - a worksheet to print, not interactive This link includes something for the teacher to print
  12. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 2 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." - a worksheet to print, not interactive This link includes something for the teacher to print
  13. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 3 - a bit harder than 1 & 2 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." Then add another example that could be included in that group. Be as specific as you can. - a worksheet to print, not interactive This link includes something for the teacher to print
Synthesize information across multiple complex informational and technical texts.
3003.6.3
 
Evaluate the ways in which a complex text’s unconventional organizational structure supports or confounds its meaning.
3003.6.4
 
Comprehend and evaluate complex information presented graphically.
3003.6.5
  1. Using Graph and Charts
    1. Interpreting a Data Chart - answer questions about what can be found in a grid chart This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
    2. Interpreting Column Graphs - answer ten questions about a column graph This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
    3. Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs - answer eight questions about a circle graph This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  2. Using Graphs to Understand Data - a five-question multiple-choice quiz This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
Evaluate complex informational and technical texts for their clarity, simplicity, and coherence and for the appropriateness of their graphics and visual appeal.
3003.6.6
 
Follow extended multi-tasked or multi-dimensional instructions in complex informational or technical texts.
3003.6.7
  1. Can You Follow Directions? - fun worksheet to print and use as classroom activity.
  2. Following oral directions - online computer activity, students will need pencil and paper. This resource includes voice instructions for students This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  3. George Washington Teaches Map Directions - Follow directions to create profile of Washington. A lesson plan can be found at this site
  4. How Well Do You Follow Directions? - Fun worksheet to print or read orally to students.
  5. How to build a spaghetti and marshmallow tower - follow these instructions to create a tower.
  6. How to Create A Fun Marble Artwork - follow these instructions to create your art.
  7. How to Make an Origami Bookmark - follow these instructions to create your bookmark.
  8. How to make paper beads for Altered Art - follow these instructions to create your art.
  9. How to Build a Toy Paddle Boat - follow these instructions to create your boat
  10. How to build a Boat - follow these instructions to create your boat [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
  11. Listening to instructions - Listen carefully to the messages to find the information you need
  12. Make me a Copy Please - [designed for grades 5-6] Lesson plan; the need to be articulate and precise when explain steps to another student.A lesson plan can be found at this site
  13. The Magician's Apprentice - Have students follow directions to do magic tricks! A lesson plan can be found at this site
  14. Mystery Pictures: Following Oral Directions - focus on the importance of clear, oral communication. A lesson plan can be found at this site

State Performance Indicators
6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5

Analyze information presented graphically in a complex informational or technical passage.
SPI 3003.6.1
  1. Using Graph and Charts
    1. Interpreting a Data Chart - answer questions about what can be found in a grid chart This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
    2. Interpreting Column Graphs - answer ten questions about a column graph This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
    3. Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs - answer eight questions about a circle graph This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  2. Using Graphs to Understand Data - a five-question multiple-choice quiz This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
Discern the stated or implied main idea and supporting details of a complex informational or technical passage.
SPI 3003.6.2
  1. Finding the Main Idea This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  2. How are They Selling It? - students read three advertisements and evaluate the type of persuasive writing being employed This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  3. Main Idea - building blocks of comprehension - exercises to print included This link includes something for the teacher to print
  4. Main Idea - The main idea of a paragraph is what all the sentences are about. Read the paragraph and ask, "What's your point?" This link includes something for the teacher to print
  5. Main Idea - lesson on main idea of a passage and an activity to print This link includes something for the teacher to print A lesson plan can be found at this site
  6. Reading Comprehension - free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents - includes original stories, poems, essays, and articles This link includes something for the teacher to print
  7. Reading Detective - Quia quiz This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  8. Reading Headlines - read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  9. Summarize as You Read - When you summarize, eliminate unnecessary details. Focus on the main idea of the whole passage. This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  10. What's the Big Idea - solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  11. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 1 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." - a worksheet to print, not interactive This link includes something for the teacher to print
  12. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 2 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." - a worksheet to print, not interactive This link includes something for the teacher to print
  13. What's the Big Idea? Exercise 3 - a bit harder than 1 & 2 - Write the common subject for each group of words, or "write a good title for each list." Then add another example that could be included in that group. Be as specific as you can. - a worksheet to print, not interactive This link includes something for the teacher to print
Select the clearest, most concise summary of a complex informational passage.
SPI 3003.6.3
 
Select the best synthesis of a given set of information.
SPI 3003.6.4
 
Identify the organizational pattern of an informational or technical text.
SPI 3003.6.5
  1. Expository Organizational Patterns - information and examples of each type
  2. Ordering the Phrases - excellent interactive quiz - learn about the different stages of a presentation and to learn some phrases that tell your audience where you are in your presentation. This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  3. Organized Speech Writing: Speech Structure - 7 part video lesson A video is available through this link
  4. Patterns of Organization and Their Clue Words - handout - defines term with example word usage [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.] An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  5. Principles of Organization - scroll to middle of page to get to this section; four broad principles
  6. Planning, Writing, and Completing Oral Presentations - a quiz with thirty multiple-choice questions and five essay questions This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  7. Speech Organization - determine the most appropriate organizational pattern for a variety of extemporaneous topics
  8. Types of Organizational Patterns - explanations of the types of patterns of a speech

Internet4classrooms is a collaborative effort by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles.
 

  

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