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The Amazing Edgar Allan Poe
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Track #59225
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In my eighth grade literature class we study many authors, with Edgar Allan Poe being one of the students' favorites. This unit will address my learning gap of comprehending and evaluating the poems and stories we read in class. The TN Curriculum Standard for grades 6-8 states that the student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text. This unit will also address the student survey question of spotting facts, concepts, and vocabulary when they learn something new and trying tasks that seem hard to do.
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To Kill A Mockingbird Unit
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Track #50366
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This unit was chosen because it contains activities to help my students comprehend and appreciate the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird".
The TN. Curriculum Standard for grades six through eight states: The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text. By reading and studying the novel, the students will be able to address all the skills in the curriculum standard. They will be able to practice skills online while also trying tasks that seem difficult to them as outlined in the pre-survey.
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Reading Comprehension in the Middle School
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Track #41379
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Most teachers are looking for fun and entertaining way to teach reading comprehension. The activities in this unit are of high interest to the middle school student, who has become bored with the same dull reading exercises. The lessons help the student develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation of the written text, a Tennessee Curriculum Standard, by using categories that interest the students. I also chose this unit because it addresses the survey question of spotting the important facts, concepts, and vocabulary when learning something new as they interact with their fellow students, while answering questions about reading passages.
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Increase Your Students' Vocabulary
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Track #21079
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Many middle school students have problems interpreting the vocabulary in their reading activities. This lesson addresses the Tennessee Language Arts Content Standard in grades 6-8 of developing the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text. When the vocabulary is mastered, the comprehension level increases. The learning expectation of extending vocabulary using contextual and reference skills as well as using cognitive strategies to evaluate text critically is addressed in the first lesson. The second lesson, involving teamwork to solve vocabulary words through games and presentations, meets the learning expectation of improving fluency through opportunities for oral presentations. Exploring the origin of words is the activity presented in the third lesson. This lesson uses the learning expectation of improving comprehension by interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating written text. Even pre-teens and young teenagers enjoy solving puzzles and word games. Lesson four lets the students enjoy these on the internet while addressing the learning expectation of selecting, evaluating, and utilizing resource material in order to apply it effectively. The last lesson involves the activity of defining and making sentences with vocabulary words and meets the learning expectation of using comprehension strategies to enhance understanding, to make predictions, and to respond to literature.
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I Don't Remember Reading That!
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Track #21080
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Middle School students seem to have difficulty comprehending what they read. Often they will read an entire book or short story and be unable to relate many of the details. This unit contains activities that center on improving comprehension skills. It addresses the Tennessee Language Arts, Reading Grades 6-8 Content Standard of developing the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text. The learning expectation of "Request Reciprocal" is using comprehension strategies to enhance understanding, to make predictions, and to respond to literature. The second lesson, "What a Character" involves characterization in reading and allows the students to analyze the characters. It meets the learning expectation of recognizing biases and persuasive devices found in various texts. The lesson "Reading Better and Faster" helps teach the students to use some simple methods to pay better attention and get more out of reading. It addresses the learning expectation of using cognitive strategies to evaluate text critically. Lesson four involves the students in individual novel reading and making journal entries about the novel. It meets the learning expectation of improving comprehension strategies to enhance understanding, to make predictions, and to respond to literature. The last lesson, Literature Review reviews literary works before being tested on the book "To Kill A Mockingbird". It addresses the learning expectation of developing an understanding of and respect for multi cultural, gender, and ethnic diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects.
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