Academic Standard: Component

Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of informational and technical texts and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
Initiative: 
Tennessee Diploma Project
Set: 
English Language Arts
Type: 
Component — Course Level Expectation
Code: 
CLE 3002.6.1
Grade range: 
10
Groupings:
Strand = Reading Strategies
 
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Academic Lesson
 
A Travel Journal for Homer's the Odyssey
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Acids and Bases
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
African American Medical Recognition
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
All Quiet on the Western Front
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Analyzing Character Development Based on Historical Context
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
Body Language: Vocabulary Rooted in Latin Anatomy. Author: Visual Thesaurus
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Colonial America Timeline
Social Studies
Grades 9 - 11
 
Compare-Contrast, Cause-Effect, Problem-Solution: Common Text Types in the New York Times. Author: Katherine Schulten
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Composition Patterns: Cause and Effect
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 12
 
Creating a Persuasive Podcast
Multiple content areas
Grades 4 - 12
 
Critical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature
ELA / Literacy
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
 
Debunking Civil War Photographs: The Case of the Moved Body
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Defining Literacy in a Digital World
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Definition Expedition
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 10
 
Depression or Oppression: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by C.P. Gilman
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Digitizing History
Social Studies
Grades 9 - 10
 
Einstein and His Times: Informational Text, Science, and History. Cosmic Times lesson.
Science
Grades 9 - 10
 
Electrostatics Tutorial
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Enzymes Help Us Digest Food
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
eReading Worksheets: Text Structure
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Exploring Satire with Shrek
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Exploring Satire with Shrek. Author: Readwritethink.org
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Families in Bondage
Social Studies
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
 
Graphics in Technical Communication
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
How to Move the Crowd: The Persuasive, Powerful Rhetoric of Mark Antony
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 10
 
Hurricanes in History
Related Arts
Grades 6 - 12
 
Investigating an Icon of the Great Depression: the Migrant Mother
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Jim Crow Laws and African American Discrimination
Multiple content areas
Grades 8 - 12
 
Just like Brian Wilson did: Using allusion to teach imagery & theme
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Ladybug Revolution
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Life on the Great Plains
Social Studies
Grades 9 - 12
 
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
 
Manifest Destiny: War on the Plains
Multiple content areas
Grades 8 - 11
 
Memphis- The Rebuilding of a Modern City in the Aftermath of Yellow Fever
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Mini-lesson for Text Elements posted by Polk County, FL
ELA / Literacy
Grade 5
 
Multimedia Heroes Analysis
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 11
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Quick Lesson: A Lesson in Cause and Effect
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 10
 
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Multiple content areas
Grades K - 12
 
Radioactive Decay Activity
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Romeo and Juliet: Insight into Ourselves [Play analysis and project on current social issue]
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Signs of the Time Project [how time periods affect literature - coincides with choice novel studies]. Author: Intel Education.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
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
 
The Goals of Government
Multiple content areas
Grades 4 - 12
 
The Land of Opportunity vs. Nativism
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Political Dr. Seuss (themes in Dr. Seuss's writing)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
The Progressive Movement: Life as a Muckraker
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Ramp
Science
Grades 9 - 12
 
Time Magazine's 2011 Person of the Year: The Protestor. Author: Jennie Spiegler, Teachable Moment.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
To Kill a Mockingbird: Real Women of Alabama
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Triangle Factory Fire
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
TVA Opportunities for African Americans
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
U.S. History: Revolution- The Bill of Rights
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
U.S. History: Revolution- The Dangers of Factionalism: Federalist No. 10
Multiple content areas
Grades 8 - 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
 
Writing Technical Instructions
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 11
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
 
Cartoon Analysis Worksheet. Author: Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 5 - 10
 
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
 
Classroom Strategies: Text Structures
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 10
 
Common Root Words
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 12
 
Eighteen Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Elements of Literature Flashcards
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
English Study Quiz-Analogies
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 10
 
Essential Science for Teachers: Rising and Sinking
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Exciting Factual Writing
ELA / Literacy
Grade 10
 
Expository Text Structure
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Eye on Idioms
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Fact and Opinion Online Assessment. Author: Worley School
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Formal Versus Informal Logic
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 10
 
Graphic Organizers for Making Inferences
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 10
 
Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Half-life Simulation
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
High School Reading Scoring Guide - Informational Text. Author: Oregon Dept. of Education
ELA / Literacy
Grades 3 - 12
 
Human Genome Project
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Inference and Reading: A Practical Guide for School-Age Students
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
INFORMATIONAL TEXT: TEACHER HOT TIPS
ELA / Literacy
Grades K - 12
 
Informational Text: What's It All About? Author: Rita Maddox, Language Arts Consultant
Multiple content areas
Grades 6 - 12
 
Interactive Media Community Service Project
Multiple content areas
Grades K - 11
 
Introduction to Text Features
ELA / Literacy
Grades 2 - 10
 
Literary Terms Glossary. Author: Joel Littauer
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
Logic in Argumentative Writing
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Lyrical Legacy: 400 Years of American Song and Poetry. Author: Library of Congress.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 10 - 11
 
Newton's Laws Problem Set
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Online Onion Root Tip Activity
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Paraphrase Craze. Author: Beacon Learning Center.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
pH and Indicators
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
pH Determination Lab
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Physics 2000
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Physics for the 21st Century
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Postermodernism. A list of Postmodern Characteristics.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
Practice Analogy Questions
ELA / Literacy
Grade 10
 
Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 12
 
Premium Crosswords
ELA / Literacy
Grades 7 - 12
 
Presentation Rubrics and Assessments
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Princeton Review's Vocab Minute [podcast]
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Private Universe Project: Workshop 3
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Professor Garfield Fact or Opinion
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Rags to Riches
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 10
 
Ramp: Forces and Motion - Teacher's Guide
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Reader's Theatre Basics
ELA / Literacy
Grades 6 - 12
 
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
 
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
 
Suggestions for Pairing Contemporary Music and Canonical Literature. Author: Dr. Freddie A. Bowles and Ebenezer Baldwin Bowles.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Teaching Nonfiction Books in AP English Language
ELA / Literacy
Grades K - 11
 
Teaching Text Structure
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Teaching with Infographics: Places to Start. Author: The New York Times.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
Ten Great Activities: Teaching with the Newspaper
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 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
 
Text Features Quiz
ELA / Literacy
Grades K - 10
 
Text Structure Resources. Author: eReading Worksheets
ELA / Literacy
Grades 8 - 10
 
The Mechanical Universe:
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Modernism Lab (Yale)
ELA / Literacy
Grades 5 - 12
 
The Power of Fiction
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 12
 
The Ramp - Teacher's Guide
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Understanding Point of View in Literature
Multiple content areas
Grades 7 - 12
 
Using Sensory Details
ELA / Literacy
Grades 9 - 10
 
Vectors and Forces in 2D Problem Set
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
Vectors and Projectiles Problem Set
Multiple content areas
Grades 9 - 12
 
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
 
Wired for Books. Author: Ohio University.
ELA / Literacy
Grades 5 - 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
Instructional Strategy
 
Commonly Used Foreign Words and Phrases
ELA / Literacy
Grades 4 - 12
 
Definition and Examples of Graphics
ELA / Literacy
Grades 3 - 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
 
Witness Walls: Interdisciplinary Unit
Multiple content areas
Grades 6 - 12