In this lesson, students will read and analyze a mentor text 100 Word Memoir. After studying the mentor text, students will create and evaluate their own 100 Word Memoir.
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jharris0221/3229873359In this lesson, students will learn about and practice various ways to integrate quotations into their writing.
This resource is geared toward tier 2 middle school students who are learning about paraphrasing.
Student will read and study Hughes' poem, "I, Too" and identify the tone in the poem.
In this lesson, students will view Wendy Troxel's TEd Talk, "Why School Should Start Later for Teens." While viewing the TED Talk, students will identify and trace the main parts of her argument.
This lesson is best used after direct instruction with tiered students to help them understand how to integrate a quotation into a sentence and use in-text citation.
In this lesson students will study the poem "War is Kind" and find examples of verbal irony.