rla Reading

Subject-Verb Agreement Reference (grammar.yourdictionary.com)

Grammar Help: ChompChomp.com

How to Structure a Paragraph (ted-ielts.com)

Paragraph Stucture: Identifying Topic (RIT)

Unit 1  Main Idea & Details

Finding Main Ideas Video (ProgressiveBridges)

• Varsity Tutors Example 

• main idea worksheet: http://www.k12reader.com/main-idea/call-of-wild-main-idea.pdf

Unit 2  Summarizing

How to Write a Summary -- SmrtEnglish

• Worksheet 1

Answers to Worksheet 1

Unit 3.1   Five Types of Informational Text Structures

Text Structure Types (DeGuzman)

Five Types of Informational Text Structures (prestwickhouse.com)

• Structures Practice (no answers)

Unit 3.2 Transitions Practice

Transition Words: why and how to use them (yoast.com)

Transition words in reading and writing (snap language)

Transitions (writingcenter.unc.edu)

• Transition Words Practice 1 (mdc.edu)

• Transitions Practice 2 (oupcanada.com)

Unit 4-- Categorization

Categorizing (study.com)

• Practice -- (freelanguagestuff.com)

Unit 5 (and 14)-- Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect  (gedonlineclass.net)

• Practice Cause and Effect with Alice in Wonderland (k12reader.com)

• Lots of Practice Worksheets (k12reader.com)

Unit 6– Compare and Contrast

Unit 7-- Author’s Point of View

Author's Point of View (dummies.com)

Unit 8– Making Inferences

Inferences 1

Inferences 2

Inferences 3

Unit 9--Author’s Style & Tone & Connotation

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-connotative-words.html

http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/connotation.htm

https://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/306_PDF/306_HyperNews/Connotations%20.pdf

Style and Tone 1 (thewritersforhire.com)

Unit 10– Drawing Conclusions (Same as Inferences, basically)

Conclusions

Unit 11– Making Generalizations

Making Generalizations (sjva.net)

Unit 12– Synthesizing Information (see class lesson)

Unit 13-- Using Context Clues

Context Clues 1

Unit 14-- Cause & Effect--See Unit 5 Above too

The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892)

Unit 15-- Compare and Contrast--See Unit 6 Above

Unit 16-- Plot Elements

Story Elements - Plot (Geoff Mihalenko)

Plot with Beauty and the Beast (Girard)

• Plot Worksheets (easyteacherworksheets.com)

Unit 17--Character

Unit 18--Setting

Unit 19– Figurative Language 

Figures of Speech video (SnapLanguage on YouTube.com)

• Figurative Language flashcards (Quizlet)

• Figurative Language worksheets (EnglishLinx.com)

Unit 20-- Narrative Point of View

Point of View (Kissner)

1st Person Point of View (yourdictionary.com)

2nd Person Point of View (prowritingaid.com)

3rd Person Point of View (masterclass.com)

• Point of View Worksheet

• Answers to Above

UNIT 21 -- INFERENCES IN FICTION

• Inference Worksheet (ereadingworksheets.com)

• Inference Worksheet 2 (ereadingworksheets.com)

• Short Story The Interlopers by Saki

Unit 22-- Theme

Identifying Themes in Literature (Nicole Petraitis on Prezi)

75 Common Themes 

• Theme Worksheets (ereadingworksheets.com) Do Theme Worksheet 5 (has answers too)

The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)

Unit 23 -- Synthesis/Apply ideas

What is a Synthesis/Apply Ideas Question (study.com)

Unit 24 -- Author's purpose

What Is Author's Purpose?  (mr-skipper.com)

• Author's Purpose (no answers)

• Author's Purpose (no answers)

Unit 25 -- Elements of Persuasion

Rhetorical Appeals (blinn.edu)

• Persuasive Language (no answers) (aip.org)

Unit 26 -- Identify evidence/3 Key Aspects (Logos, ethos, pathos)

Rhetorical Appeals (blinn.edu)

• Persuasive Language (no answers) (aip.org)

Unit 27 -- Rhetorical devices

Rhetorical Devices (communication coach Alex Lyon on youtube.com)

Examples of Rhetorical Devices (yourdictionary.com)

• Rhetorical Devices Quiz (proprofs.com)