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Activity 154
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Strategy 10
Supplemental Curriculum 7
Tool 10

Classic Classifying

Text Structure Vocabulary

Classic Classifying

In this activity students identify the main idea of an expository text by categorizing the information within the text.
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Compare Extraordinaire

Vocabulary

Compare Extraordinaire

in this activity students will utilize a Venn Diagram to compare similarities and differences of the meaning of words.
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Sentence Match

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Sentence Match

Students identify a string of words that are synonymous with a word including an affix.
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Write Cause or Effect

Inference Reasoning Text Structure

Write Cause or Effect

Students listen to a cause or an effect and determine a potential cause or affect to accompany the information they were given.
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Word Wake-Up

Vocabulary

Word Wake-Up

Sudents practice identifying synonyms for common words.
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Persuade, Inform, and Entertain Sort

Inference Perspective Taking Text Structure

Persuade, Inform, and Entertain Sort

This activity engages students in evaluating authors’ purpose. Students sort passages into three categories of author’s purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain.
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Map the internal world of a character

Inference Perspective Taking

Map the internal world of a character

Mapping the Internal World of a Character is a strategy that gives students the opportunity to examine character’s emotions. This resource includes an overview of the strategy and clear steps to support practitioner preparation and implementation.
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Voice and Choice in Literature

Inference Perspective Taking

Voice and Choice in Literature

Students think and discuss the voices and perspectives represented within a text.
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Meaning Exchanged

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Meaning Exchanged

This activity engages students in identifying the meaning of words in context.
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Career Sort

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Career Sort

In this activity students engage in a sorting game using vocabulary knowledge of different professions.
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Plotting the Plot

Text Structure

Plotting the Plot

Students analyze the plot of a fiction/narrative text.
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Active Discussion of Text Resources

Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Reasoning Vocabulary

Active Discussion of Text Resources

This site has information, examples, and resources on how to implement active discussions after students have engaged with complex text.
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The Research aka
Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base offers a curated set of recent evidence-based research findings intended to help practitioners better understand listening comprehension and its connection to other literacy skills (such as word reading, reading fluency, background knowledge, and reading comprehension).

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Additional Practices

Shared Book Reading
Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
Instructional/Scaffolded Conversations
Content-Rich/Cross Content ELA