Academic Standard

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, such as how language evokes a sense of time and place, and how it communicates an informal or formal tone.
Initiative: 
Tennessee State Standards
Framework: 
English/Language Arts
Type: 
Standard
Code: 
TSS.ELA.9-10.RL.CS.4
Grade range: 
9 to 10
Groupings:
Cornerstone = Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
 
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Educational Video on "To, Too, and Two"
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
M.C. Grammar
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 10
Academic Lesson
 
60 Second Shakespeare
ELA / Literacy
Grade 10
 
A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
A Travel Journal for Homer's the Odyssey
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Acids and Bases
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
ELA / Literacy
Grades 5 - 10
 
All Quiet on the Western Front
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Body Language: Vocabulary Rooted in Latin Anatomy. Author: Visual Thesaurus
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Brochures: Writing for Audience and Purpose
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Buoyancy
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Choosing the Best Verb: Active vs. Passive Voice
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Color Vision
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Current Electricity
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Current Issues and Critical Thinking: Informational Text Activities. Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Definition Expedition
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 10
 
Digitizing History
Social Studies
Grades 9 - 10
 
Dr. Suess Technical Writing
Multiple content areas
Grades 4 - 9
 
Einstein and His Times: Informational Text, Science, and History. Cosmic Times lesson.
Science
Grades 9 - 10
 
Electrostatics Tutorial
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Enzyme Action: Catalase Lab
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Exploring Satire with Shrek
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Exploring Satire with Shrek. Author: Readwritethink.org
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Fluids in Motion
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
FSA Photography: Creating a Local Archive
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature Using Graphics
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 11
 
Grammar Traps Archive - Confusing words and usage explanations
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Great Expectations
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Great Source Write - Free Mini-lessons
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 11
 
Holocaust and Resistance
Social Studies
Grades 9 - 10
 
How to Move the Crowd: The Persuasive, Powerful Rhetoric of Mark Antony
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Ideas for Writing Exercise Prompts
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Just like Brian Wilson did: Using allusion to teach imagery & theme
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Ladybug Revolution
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Listening to Voice
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 9
 
Live Your Epitaph
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Making Sense of Mental Health: Past and Present. Story and Research Project.
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 11
 
Myth of the Vanishing Race
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Persuading Readers with Endorsement Letters
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 11
 
Photosynthesis Rate Lab
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Public Speaking: Specific Purpose Statement
ELA / Literacy
Grade 9
 
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Multiple content areas
Grades K - 12
 
Romeo and Juliet: Insight into Ourselves [Play analysis and project on current social issue]
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Sentence Auction Grammar Game
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
So You Think You Can Argue?
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Sophocles' Antigone: Ancient Greek Theatre, Live From Antiquity!
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Speech Analysis of MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" with five different lesson ideas. Author: Andrew Dlugan.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Teaching Lord of the Flies with The New York Times. Author: Holly Oljavo and Shannon Doyne, The New York Times.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Teaching the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Passion of Punctuation
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
The Political Dr. Seuss (themes in Dr. Seuss's writing)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
The Ramp
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Tabloid Ballad. Author: Poetry Outloud
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
This I Believe - Podcast Writing
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 9
 
Time Magazine's 2011 Person of the Year: The Protestor. Author: Jennie Spiegler, Teachable Moment.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Triangle Factory Fire
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Understanding language registers as a means to more effective communication. Author: Cheryl Carter
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Using Comics to Teach Inferencing. Author: Mr. C (Blogger)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 12
 
Vocabulary Development and Writing: Similarities and Differences: Depth and Breadth of Meaning
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Waves on a String
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Windows of Words
ELA / Literacy
Grade 9
 
Writing a Persuasive Essay by Waterford Union High School
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Writing an Argument
ELA / Literacy
Grade 10
 
Writing Effective E-Mail: Top 10 Tips
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 9
 
Writing Exercises for High School Students. ERIC Database. Author: Barbara Vultaggio
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Writing Technical Instructions
ELA / Literacy
Grade 9
Academic Web Link
 
10 Literary Concepts Every Reader Should Know
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
1D Kinematics Problem Set
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
AdLit.org's Strategy Library
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Bending Light - Teacher's Guide
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Carbon - Carbon Cycle PowerPoint
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 9
 
Chemical Formula Quiz
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
chemical formulas
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Classroom Organization for Group Work. Author: MyRead.org (Commonwealth of Australia)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Common Root Words
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 12
 
Correct the Celebrity Practice Sheet
ELA / Literacy
Grades 10 - 12
 
Dot Dot: Using Colons
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Dots and Dashes (Punctuation Rap)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
Eighteen Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Elements of Literature Flashcards
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Essential Science for Teachers: Rising and Sinking
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Exciting Factual Writing
ELA / Literacy
Grade 10
 
Excuse Me, Your Modifier Is Dangling: A Creative Way to Teach Dangling Modifiers. Author: Ms. Hinton
ELA / Literacy
Grades 1 - 10
 
Expository Text Structure
ELA / Literacy
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Eye on Idioms
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Flip-a-Chip
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 9
 
General Evaluation Rubric for Papers
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
Grammar Exercises - Reviews and Quizzes. Author: English Mistakes Welcome.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Graphic Organizers for Making Inferences
Multiple content areas
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Guide to Grammar and Writing PowerPoint Presentations
ELA / Literacy
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HangMouse
ELA / Literacy
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High School Reading Scoring Guide - Informational Text. Author: Oregon Dept. of Education
ELA / Literacy
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How Cells Divide: Mitosis and Meiosis
Multiple content areas
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How to Design an Experiment
Multiple content areas
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Human Genome Project
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Identifying Tone of a Passage. Author: Urban Dreams.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Inference and Reading: A Practical Guide for School-Age Students
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
INFORMATIONAL TEXT: TEACHER HOT TIPS
ELA / Literacy
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Informational Text: What's It All About? Author: Rita Maddox, Language Arts Consultant
Multiple content areas
Grades 6 - 12
 
List of Interactive Quizzes - Grammar from the Guide to Grammar and Writing. Author: Capital Community College.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Literary Terms Glossary. Author: Joel Littauer
ELA / Literacy
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Logic in Argumentative Writing
ELA / Literacy
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Newton's Laws Problem Set
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Online Onion Root Tip Activity
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Online Writing Support. Author: Towson University
ELA / Literacy
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Parallel Structure
ELA / Literacy
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Paraphrase Craze. Author: Beacon Learning Center.
ELA / Literacy
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Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
pH Determination Lab
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Physics 2000
Multiple content areas
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Physics for the 21st Century
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Practice Analogy Questions
ELA / Literacy
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Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
ELA / Literacy
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Premium Crosswords
ELA / Literacy
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Princeton Review's Vocab Minute [podcast]
ELA / Literacy
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Private Universe Project: Workshop 3
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
ELA / Literacy
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Questioning Toolkit
ELA / Literacy
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Rags to Riches
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 10
 
Ramp: Forces and Motion - Teacher's Guide
Multiple content areas
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Reader's Theatre Basics
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 12
 
Research Paper Rubric
ELA / Literacy
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Rhetorical Graphic Organizer and Literary Device Graphic Organizer. Author: Ms. Lewis blog.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
Root Word Lesson Plans
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Scarlet Ibis Student Packet
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Semicolons and Colons
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Sentence Variety (Powerpoint)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
SOAPSTone: A Strategy for Reading and Writing
ELA / Literacy
Grades 5 - 10
 
Social Studies Skills Tutor [informational text resource]. Author: Pearson Education.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Speedy Speller
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
Star Child Tic-Tac-Toe
Multiple content areas
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Ten Great Activities: Teaching with the Newspaper
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Ten Narrative Writing Prompts
ELA / Literacy
Grade 10
 
Ten Steps to Advanced Reading
ELA / Literacy
Grades 3 - 10
 
Test Yourself: English / Language Arts Question Archive. Author: The Learning Network, part of The New York Times Learning Blog.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Expository Essay
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Mechanical Universe:
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Ramp - Teacher's Guide
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Writing Genres at The Writing Fix
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Top Ten Strategies for Teachers of Writing. ERIC Database. Author: Vincent Miholic
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Understanding Point of View in Literature
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 12
 
Using semicolons
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Using Sensory Details
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Vocabulary Building: Affixes and Roots
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
Vocabulary Can Be Fun. Author: VKidz.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 12
 
Vocabulary Test Me
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
WhichWord
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 12
 
Word Info Vocabulary Quizzes
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Word Play: Poetry Experiments. Author: Internet Public Library
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 10
 
Word-O-Rama
ELA / Literacy
Grades 5 - 12
 
Writing for Different Audiences (RAFT Strategy)
Multiple content areas
Grades 3 - 9
 
Writing Styles
Multiple content areas
Grades 4 - 9
Instructional Strategy
 
Commonly Used Foreign Words and Phrases
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
Academic Unit
 
Edmondson Park
Multiple content areas
Grades 6 - 12
 
User's Guide for Argument and Methods Unit
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
User's Guide for Satire Unit
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
User's Guide for To Kill a Mockingbird Unit
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Voice: A Poetry Unit. Author: Gigi Goshko
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10