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Essential Elements Cards Lesson PlanEssential Elements Cards Lesson Plan
Publisher
Louisiana Department of Education
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Writing
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Essential Elements Cards

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Use essential elements cards to help lesson plan! Each card contains an informational text common core standard for grade levels six through eight and suggestions for activities and supports. Cards address skills such as citing textual evidence, making claims, and evaluating reasoning. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

informational texts, reading strategies, group discussions, argumentative writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Bring the resource to your team meetings to help spark ideas for instruction 
  • Model how to annotate for lessons with signposts 

Classroom Considerations

  • Use the element cards to inspire lesson planning or serve as quick reference
  • Resource does not contain specific lesson plans

Pros

  • Suggested instructional strategies are helpful 
  • Supports and scaffolds included in resource help personalize instruction for learners

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.3 RI.6.5 RI.6.6 RI.6.7 RI.6.8 RI.6.9 RI.6.10 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.5 RI.7.6 RI.7.7 RI.7.8 RI.7.9 RI.7.10 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.5 RI.8.6 RI.8.7 RI.8.8 RI.8.9 RI.8.10

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