Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 3 (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Doing the exercises in this lesson will help students comprehend the poet's meaning by giving them practice in finding imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and allusions. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Forms of Art Watercolor

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains the process of watercolor painting. It includes comprehension questions and a teacher guide and can be used as both a read-aloud exercise and an individual practice tool.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hair Dye Chemicals and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage Hair Dye Chemicals and Cancer and answer the five-question quiz that follows.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Finding the Main Idea & Inferences

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help student find the main idea in writing as well as make inferences while reading. There are 2 web quests embedded that has numerous exercises with sound. There is an Activote...
Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Compound Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this extensive website focused on compound words. Find out how they are used in writing. Don't miss out on this informative site.