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Assessing reading comprehension with English language learners: In Reading comprehension and English language learners, page 3; Strategies such as flow charts can help you assess reading comprehension for English language learners, content-area learners, and all students.; By Ellen Douglas.

Reading comprehension and English language learners: Teaching reading comprehension and helping English language learners are the responsibility of every teacher, but they are also within the abilities of every teacher. These articles provide strategies for building content-area reading comprehension before, during, and after reading that can help English language learners — and all learners.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Details and sequencing: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.7; This lesson for grade six will introduce students to careers in environmental protection as it teaches them to identify details and sequence in a non-fiction reading passage.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Truth or care? Saving Shiloh: The students will be able to explain the importance of responsible citizenship and identify ways they can participate in civic affairs after reading the novel Shiloh and completing research of their own on animal abuse. Through this research, they will be responsible for gathering facts to support their stances on the dilemma Marty faces when deciding whether to return Shiloh to his owner, or secretly keep him in order for him to be safe. Students will have real-world experience when they create and are reponsible for caring for their own pet.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies); By Leah Shomaker and Mary Shomaker.

Tacky the Penguin: After reading the story, Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester, the students will write their own Tacky story. The students will brainstorm ideas before getting started. Next each student will write a rough draft. After the rough draft, the students will proofread and edit their work. Then the students will type their story and illustrate the pictures.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Tonya Williams.

Diseases of Africa: Students will demonstrate an ability to research diseases in Africa and the causes, symptoms, treatment, and long-range solutions involving infrastructure development. They will compare and contrast countries and diseases. Working in groups, students will do research and prepare a multimedia presentation on the disease.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Development and Social Studies); By Jim Carson.

An integrated poetry unit: My students have always disliked poetry. The different ways in which this lesson approaches poetry and the connection it makes to their "March Madness" studies seems to make poetry more enjoyable, fun, and relevant for my students. In order to integrate with the sixth grade math and social studies teachers, I teach this unit during the ACC tournament to coincide with the "March Madness" unit that is covered in the math classes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Nancy Guthrie.

Where am I? Mapping a New World: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.2; Early European travelers to the Americas reported bits and pieces of information back to Europe. Over the centuries, mapmakers assembled these reports into maps. As time went by, explorers and mapmakers compiled an increasingly accurate understanding of the Americas and of the world. To do so, they had to invent new tools for mapmaking, embrace radical new ideas about the shape of the world, and discard cherished beliefs.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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