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- Agree/Disagree
- Analyze Characters
- Analyze Characters
- Analyze Dialogue/Action
- Analyze Dialogue/Action
- Analyze Literary Devices
- Analyze Overall Structure
- Analyze Plot Structure
- Analyze Rhetorical Devices
- Analyze Text Features
- Analyze Theme
- Analyze Theme and Characters
- Analyze Visual Elements
- Analyze Visual Elements
- Analyze Word Choice
- Analyze Word Choice
- Analyzing Fictional Characters
- Analyzing Text Features
- Argument with Sources
- Argument/Visual Support
- Autobiographical
- Biographical 1
- Biographical 2
- Cause and Effect
- Cause and Effect
- Character Analysis
- Character Impact
- Claims/Evidence/Purpose
- Claims/Evidence/Reasoning
- Claims/Evidence/Structure
- Compare a Story to History
- Compare and Contrast
- Compare Author's Style
- Compare Ideas/Voices
- Compare People/Places/Things
- Compare Pictures and Words
- Compare Scenes
- Compare Story to New Medium
- Compare Text to Multimedia
- Compare Two Mediums
- Compare/Contrast Characters
- Compare/Contrast Ideas
- Compare/Contrast Point of View
- Compare/Contrast Points of View
- Compare/Contrast Primary and Secondary Sources
- Compare/Contrast Stories
- Compare/Contrast Text Features
- Compare/Contrast Text Structure
- Comparing Two Documents
- Connect Text Features
- Define Friendship
- Discuss a Character
- Discuss a Connection
- Discuss a Historical Event
- Discuss a Problem
- Discuss a Problem at School
- Discuss a Problem in a Text
- Discuss a Speaker's Point of View
- Discuss Agree/Disagree
- Discuss an Argument
- Discuss an Argument
- Discuss and Evaluate Point of View
- Discuss Cause and Effect
- Discuss Character Impact
- Discuss Characters
- Discuss Main Events
- Discuss Main Events
- Discuss Main Events
- Discuss Main Ideas
- Discuss Main Ideas
- Discuss Meaning of Visual Information
- Discuss Narrative Techniques
- Discuss One Thing to Change
- Discuss Opinion on a Story
- Discuss Opinion on a Topic
- Discuss Opinion on an Animal
- Discuss Opinion on School Improvement
- Discuss People/Places/Things
- Discuss Pictures and Words
- Discuss Points of View
- Discuss Purpose for Visual Information
- Discuss Qualities of a Good Pet
- Discuss Something You Like to Do
- Discuss Story/Poetry Structure
- Discuss Text Structure
- Discuss the Lesson
- Discuss the Main Idea
- Discuss Theme
- Discuss Visual Elements
- Discuss Visual Elements
- Discuss What a Story Means to You
- Explain Favorite Activity
- Explain Text Features
- First/Favorite Story
- Genre Comparison
- Identify a Problem at School
- Identify a Problem/Solution
- Identify Text Features
- Identify Theme
- Identifying the Main Character
- Imaginary Story
- Imaginative Story
- Imaginative Story
- Indentify Text Features
- Informative Animal
- Informative Historical Figure
- Informative Place/Object
- Interpret Graphics into Words
- Interpret Visual Information
- Main Idea
- Main Theme
- Making Connections
- Narrative Techniques
- Opinion on a Character
- Opinion on a Story
- Opinion on a Topic
- Opinion on a Topic
- Opinion on an Animal
- Opinion on an Animal
- Opinion on Favorite Character
- Opinion on Favorite Place
- Opinion on Favorite Story
- Opinion on School Improvement
- Plot Summary
- Point of View
- Present a True Story about Someone
- Present a True/Personal Story
- Present a Visual Story
- Present about Someone's Life
- Present an Imaginative Story
- Present on a Subject
- Present on an Animal
- Pro/Con Performance Task with Multiple Stimuli
- Problem/Cause/Effect
- Read and Record a Story
- Reading with Pictures
- Research an Animal
- Research an Author
- Research an Idea
- Research Brief
- Research Project
- Research/Synthesis
- Story about a Pet
- Strong Words
- Summarize a Problem
- Summarize a Problem
- Summarize a Process
- Summarize a Solution
- Summarize a Story
- Summarize an Argument
- Summarize Historical Event
- Summarize Main Ideas
- Summarize Main Ideas
- Summarize Plot
- Summarize Plot
- Summarizing an Argument
- Tell a Process
- Tell a Real Story
- Tell a Story
- Tell an Imaginative Story
- Tell the Order
- Text Structure/Features
- Trace Point of View
- Translate Data into Graphics
- True Story
- True Story about Someone
- True/Personal Story
- Common Core Standard R4 asks students to “determine meaning of general and academic” words while reading in the content areas. This is a process that should happen whenever students are reading a text; therefore, we do not have a template that specifically asks students to understand the words they are reading. However, we do have skills to support this work in our Skill Library. Please visit Building Vocabulary Skills to learn more.
- Common Core Standard R8 is not applicable to literature.
- Common Core Standards SL1 and SL6 focus on using formal English during a range of collaborative discussions. Although our prompts can engage students in various discussions, this work tends to happen as part of any reading, speaking, or writing task. Please visit our Speaking and Listening section to find speaking and listening activities that can be used to teach these standards.
- Common Core Standards W4, W5, W6 are standards for producing and distributing writing. Therefore, we do not have templates for these standards. However, we do have skills to support this work in our Skill Library. Please visit Writing Center to learn more.
- Add Details
- Agree or Disagree Solution
- Clear and Organized Writing
- Complete Sentences and Punctuation
- Credibility of the argument.
- Explain Author's Evidence
- Integrate Data
- Is the author optimistic?
- Make Eye Contact/Volume.
- Make Eye Contact/Volume.
- Research Visual Texts.
- Use Descriptive Language.
- Use Standard English
- Use Textual Details.
- Use Transitions To Clarify Ideas.
- Use Transitions To Sequence Events.
- Use Visual Aids.
- Who is the intended audience?
- Why this topic is important?
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