[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students about thesis statements and supporting details in an argumentative essay in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Choosing a Topic,...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to write an essay that includes a clear thesis and supporting evidence.

Principals need support, not only in their early years, but throughout their careers. Support and encouragement can come from networks of principals who meet regularly to share problems and solutions and reflect on their practice....

The first year for a new principal can be a daunting and lonely job. Supporting new principals with strong induction programs, ongoing mentorships (possibly for several years), and forums which encourage principal interaction with...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students about writing a persuasive text to support a position in four mini lessons: Introduction; Just the Facts, Ma'am. Kung Fu Fighting:...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn to find and analyze the main idea and supporting ideas in a variety of texts.

This 2006 presentation (PDF PowerPoint and Handouts), conducted by Dr. Erica Lembke and Dr. Laura Saenz.at the Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring, discusses issues related to successfully implementing Curriculum Based...

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[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn to write a persuasive text that responds to the views of others by using evidence that differentiates between fact and opinion to support your viewpoint.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the thesis and supporting evidence in a persuasive essay.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the thesis and supporting evidence in an essay.

Organize your major points and supporting information into an outline.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

This lesson focuses on using statistics as supporting details. It explains why statistics make powerful supporting details, however, these can be skewed to show different outcomes. It suggests looking carefully when using statistics to...

A six-slide presentation explaining the importance of using supporting details and describing different types of details that can be used to support an idea.

An explanation and examples of main ideas and supporting details.

In this lesson, students will watch a video clip with a Native American storyteller telling a traditional story. Students will use supporting evidence from the story to give meaning to oral and written texts.

An explanation of a thesis and how many details are needed for support.

This lesson discusses how statistics can be used as supporting details. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [05:16] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.

An explanation of supporting details and tips on writing them.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Write an essay that includes a clear thesis and supporting evidence.

This slideshow lesson focuses on assessing and revising the thesis, topic sentences, and supporting details in a paper. It uses the analogy of the body: the thesis and topic sentences are the bones and the supporting details are the...

This resource provides a downloadable worksheet to use after reading a nonfiction text. Students will evaluate an author's support for a claim by answering the questions and prompts provided on the worksheet.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson utilizing the book No Roses for Harry! by Gene Zionin in which students make a prediction and then support it with details from the text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...