understanding teks reading & writing by genre kit
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Focus on the Readiness & Supporting TEKS for the STAAR using a variety of informational & literary texts:
• Understanding Complex Text:Teaches students how to read and understandcomplex texts by theme
• Understanding Persuasive Text:Teaches students how to understand, analyze, andwrite persuasive texts
• Understanding Poetry:Teaches students how to understand and analyze poetry
• Understanding Drama:Teaches students how to understand and analyzedramatic literature
• Grades 3-8
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From STAAR Grade 4 Reading Readiness andSupporting TEKSReporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand,make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements offiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts 11) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.Students analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about expositorytext and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
• Understanding Complex Reading teaches students how to readand understand complex texts.
• Selections are presented in themes.
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The Glossary helps review key termsthe student should know.This page represents one of severalGlossary pages.
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This is the first passage in apair of passages.
Complex informationalpassages build a foundationto develop better readers.
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This is the second passage ina pair of passages.
Complex informationalpassages build a foundationto develop better readers.
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Students answer challenging multiple-choice andopen-ended questions to develop comprehendingstrategies and skills.
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From STAAR Grade 4 Reading Readiness andSupporting TEKSReporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand,make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements offiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts 11) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.Students analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about expositorytext and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
• Understanding Persuasive Text teaches students how tounderstand persuasive text and how to write a persuasive essay.
• Writing Prompts are provided to develop persuasive writing skillsincluding editorials, letters, speeches, essays, historical texts,scientific texts, and response to literature. Students will makeclaims and produce well-supported arguments for those claims.
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The Glossary helps review key termsthe student should know.This page represents one of severalGlossary pages.
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The purpose of this article is to presenta persuasive selection and to makecertain claims about fossil fuels.
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Multiple-choice and open-ended questionsare based on the persuasive passage andbuild critical thinking and writing skills.
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Multiple-choice and open-ended questionsare based on the persuasive passage andbuild critical thinking and writing skills.
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This is a separate Writing Prompt Sectionto build argumentative writing skills.
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From STAAR Grade 4 Reading Readiness andSupporting TEKSReporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
(4) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Studentsunderstand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support theirunderstanding.
• Understanding Poetry teaches students how to understand andanalyze poetry.
• Poems are presented with background information and followed bycomprehension questions.
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The Glossary helps review key termsthe student should know.This page represents one of severalGlossary pages.
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This selection represents a pair of poems.In addition, there are lengthier and morecomplex poems to build critical thinkingskills.
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Multiple-choice and open-ended questionsare based on the persuasive passage andbuild critical thinking and writing skills.
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From STAAR Grade 4 Reading Readiness andSupporting TEKSReporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
(5) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Studentsunderstand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure andelements of drama and provide evidence from text to support theirunderstanding.
• Understanding Drama teaches students how to read and understanddramatic literature
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The Glossary helps review key termsthe student should know.This page represents one of severalGlossary pages.
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Multiple-choice and open-ended questionsbuild reading comprehension and criticalthinking skills.