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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Author Point of View

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Learn four questions you can ask while reading an informational text to determine the author's point of view. Includes practice worksheet.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Identify Author's Point of View

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Learn the techniques an author uses to share his or her point of view on a subject then practice identifying an author's purpose on your own.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: The Author's Point Is

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson allows students to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of Morning"...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Defining and Exploring an Author's Stylistic Choices

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Exploring the Future of Nasa

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, 8th graders analyze two nonfiction articles and a short video that look at NASA, changes to the space shuttle program, and future possibilities in the United States space program. They...
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University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "Inaugural Address" January 1961

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Teachers can use this activity to teach Language Arts standards, as well as Social Studies standards. This lesson plan includes pre-reading ideas,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Analyzing Characters in 12 Angry Men

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Re-telling a story from the points of view of its various characters is a powerful way to review the events of a story, show how authors use characterization to reveal characters' personalities, and encourage students to view stories...
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Other

Poe Decoder: The Masque of the Red Death

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to a summary of "The Masque of the Red Death" and essays about its setting, characters, point of view, style, and theme.
Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Evaluate Arguments and Claims

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This article will help you evaluate informational text to determine whether an author's argument is supported by evidence or not. Click on Model to see a model with explanations and then click on Practice.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 3 Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable Venn Diagram with three circles to use when comparing and contrasting three things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.

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