This slideshow focuses on the reading strategy, annotating text. It defines the term and purpose, lists types of annotation, explains what to annotate, and suggests how readers develop their own method.

Students will read samples of informative writing and highlight examples of how tone and style are used by the authors. Students will then apply this knowledge by writing their own informative text. Multiple examples of student work and...

A learning module that begins with "On Disability Rights: Highlights from Speeches By Ed Roberts," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

A lesson plan in which students read a text and then read it again highlighting the key words and phrases that are important for understanding the text. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which learners read a text and highlight the most important details. Materials are included. [PDF]

[Free Registration/Login Required] Links to 24 worksheets and graphic organizers that can be downloaded and printed. Each worksheet focuses on skills highlighted in standard W.3.1: Write

A learning module that begins with Terence Powderly's persuasive text "The Plea for Eight Hours" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A learning module that begins with "To Those Who Keep Slaves, and Approve the Practice" by Richard Allen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

Primary source images and informational text highlight the diverse population found in mid 19th century California.

This lesson focuses on annotating text to aid in understanding of the text including annotating an argument and poetry. It also provides tools and techniques for marking text.

This lesson focuses on annotating or marking text to enhance understanding. It offers tools and techniques for marking text including adding marginal notes to annotated pages.

This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on civil disobedience using "Essay on Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. Links are provided to each of the...

This article discusses how to begin teaching students in K-2 to record their ideas about text using highlighters, colored pens, large graphic organizers, and sticky notes. Students can retell a story with a storyboard, use a web to find...

A learning module that begins with "The Salem (and Other) Witch Hunts" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

A learning module that begins with a historical text from the National Archives called "The 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text...

A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" by Oscar Wilde accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

A learning module that begins with a literary text called "Hermann the Irascible" by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

A learning module that begins with Anton Chekhov's literary text "Excerpt from 'The Grasshopper'" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

A learning module that begins with Mark Twain's literary text "Excerpts from Roughing It" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A learning module that begins with the 1945 historical text "Charter of the United Nations" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A learning module that begins with "The Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A learning module that begins with "The Bill of Rights" by James Madison, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...

A learning module that begins with "CommonLit: Excerpt from "A Christmas Carol": Marley's Ghost" by Charles Dickens, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...