reading

Students will read and/or listen to 4 different texts that tell stories of animals in danger. Students will collect information about the pros and cons of helping animals in need. Then, they will write an opinion piece stating whether it is harmful or helpful to rescue animals, clearly...

Students will analyze literary elements to show how a character’s traits contribute to her actions and thus the events of the story. They write letters to the author in which they explain a different action the character could have taken and how it would have changed the story. 

Students will read and listen to multiple realistic fiction books centered on the topic of winter.  They will choose and recommend the book they think best represents winter in their community.  They will then present their opinion/explanation.  At the end of the task, students will vote on the...

This paper provides the rationale and foundation for the building and sharing knowledge key practice for the CBAL™ English language arts competency model. Building and sharing knowledge is a foundational literacy activity that enables students to learn and communicate what they read in...

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive literature review on the development of key argumentation skills to lay a foundation for a framework of the key practice, discuss and debate ideas, which is centrally involved in the expectations for academic reading and writing. Specifically, the...