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A Good Read Unit PlanA Good Read Unit Plan
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Newspaper Association of America
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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A Good Read

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Teach your readers strategies for breaking down informational texts. Pupils develop and implement the tools they'll need to decode texts for the rest of their lives with an informational resource that focuses on the structure and substance of newspapers.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

reading strategies, prereading

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Choose which strategy best fits the results of your pre-assessments 
  • Work to include reading strategies in your instruction throughout the year

Classroom Considerations

  • Review materials needed for each sample lesson

Pros

  • Resource includes links to additional resources for educators
  • Material is easy to read and nicely organized
  • Document contains helpful graphic organizers 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.3 RI.6.4 RI.6.5 RI.6.6 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.4 RI.7.5 RI.7.6 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.4 RI.8.5 RI.8.6

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