Comprehension. Level 1: Curiosity. Foundational Activity 1: Eight-Eyed. Activity 2: Back in Time. Activity 4: Althea Gibson. Activity 3: Pandora

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1 Comprehension Level 1: Curiosity Foundational Activity 1: Eight-Eyed Activity 2: Back in Time Activity 3: Pandora Activity 4: Althea Gibson 730L 660L Drama 790L 720L 540L Drama 680L Skills Text & Summary Text Drama Biography

2 Level 1: Curiosity Terminology details: Pieces of information that describe or support key ideas. author s purpose: The author s reason for writing. act: A major section in a play, like a chapter in a book. autobiography: A true story that a person writes about his or her own life. excerpt: A part of a longer text. heading: Words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic. informational text: Writing that gives facts about a subject or topic. main idea: The point the author is making about the subject. subheading: Words that label shorter parts of the text. subject: What the text is mostly about. summarizing: Stating the main ideas or events. summary: A short statement of the most important ideas. supporting idea: Facts, reasons, and other details that explain a main idea. text features: Elements in informational text such as headings and captions. character: A person, animal, or other being in a story. climax: The most intense part of a story. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. exposition: The introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict. falling action: Events after the climax and before the ending. narrative: A story. plot: The events in a story. resolution: The final part of a story where the problem is worked out. rising action: Events that develop the main conflict of a story. setting: The time and place of events in a story. acts: A major section in a play, like a chapter in a book. characters: People, animals, or other beings in a story. dialogue: A conversation between two or more characters. drama: A play, often acted out on a stage. monologue: A long speech by one character in a play. setting: The time and place of events in a story. stage directions: Instructions in a play that are not spoken by characters. biography: A true story of a person s life written by another person. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. infer: To make an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. legacy: The lasting impact that a person has made on others. main idea: The point the author is making about the subject. subject: What the text is mostly about. timeline: A list of events along a line to show when they happened. Lexia Lessons Text & Summary Text Drama Biography Skill Builder Level 1: Text & Summary Level 1: Text Level 1: Drama Level 1: Biography

3 Level 2: Perceptiveness Foundational Activity 1: Mastodons Activity 2: Titanic Activity 3: Take a Hint Activity 4: William Tell 720L 740L Drama 700L 760L 760L Drama 650L Skills Compare & Contrast Cause & Effect Making Inferences Characterization

4 Level 2: Perceptiveness Terminology compare: To tell how things are alike. contrast: To tell how things are different. compare and contrast: To find ways in which things are alike and different. transition words: Words that connect ideas in a text. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. cause and effect: The reason why an event happens and the result of that event. cause: The reason why an event happens. effect: The result of what happens. transition words: Words that connect ideas in a text. subject: What the text is mostly about. inference: An educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. background knowledge: What the reader already knows about the topic of a text. evidence: Proof or details in the text that support an author s ideas. drama: A play, often acted out on a stage. inferring: Making an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. characterization: How the author creates and describes a character. character traits: Personality traits based on what someone does, thinks, or says. setting: The time and place of events in a story. characterize: To introduce and develop a character throughout a text. narrative: A story. infer: To make an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. main characters: The most important people, animals, or other beings in a story. setting: The time and place of events in a story. characters: People, animals, or other beings in a story. main character: The most important person, animal, or other being in a story. Lexia Lessons Compare & Contrast Cause & Effect Making Inferences Characterization Skill Builder Level 2: Compare & Contrast Level 2: Cause & Effect Level 2: Making Inferences Level 2: Characterization

5 Level 3: Expectation Foundational Activity 1: Thief & King Activity 2: Churros Activity 3: On the Platform Activity 4: Ocean View 660L 570L Poem 550L 560L Poem Poem Poem Skills Theme Sensory Language Figurative Language Tone & Mood

6 Level 3: Expectation Terminology author s craft: Methods used by authors to make their writing more powerful. character: A person, animal, or other being in a story. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. main character(s): The most important people, animals, or other beings in a story. repetition: Repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, lines, stanzas, images, or ideas for effect and emphasis. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem. close reading: Reading more than once to deepen understanding. contrast: To tell how things are different. imagery: The use of words to create a picture in the reader s mind. narrator: The voice that tells a story. sensory language: Words that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. setting: The time and place of events in a story. figurative language: Words used creatively that don t mean what they usually mean. line: One row of words in a poem. main characters: The most important people, animals, or other beings in a story. poem: Text that often uses figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme. poet: A person who writes poems. setting: The time and place of events in a story. stanza: A group of lines in a poem. main character: The most important person, animal, or other being in a story. mood: The reader s feelings created by the text. narrator: The voice that tells a story. setting: The time and place of events in a story. subject: What the text is mostly about. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem. tone: The author s attitude toward the subject. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem. Lexia Lessons Theme Sensory Language Figurative Language Tone & Mood Skill Builder Level 3 Theme Level 3 Sensory Language Level 3 Figurative Language Level 3 Tone & Mood

7 Level 4: Compassion Foundational Activity 1: Decision Activity 2: Shepherd & Ogre Activity 3: Way Ahead Activity 4: Lights Out 610L 700L 620L 740L 610L 670L 690L 710L Skills Conflict Irony & Structure Persuasive Techniques Argument

8 Level 4: Compassion Terminology conflict: A character s struggle or problem. external conflict: A character s struggle with an outside force. internal conflict: A struggle that exists in a character s mind. main character: The most important person, animal, or other being in a story. resolution: The final part of a story where the problem is worked out. setting: The time and place of events in a story. author s purpose: The author s reason for writing. characterize: To introduce and develop a character throughout a text. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. exposition: The introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict. falling action: Events after the climax and before the ending. ironic: that happens in a way opposite to what is expected. author s purpose: The author s reason for writing. call to action: An instruction given to the audience to do something. inclusive language: Words that make an audience feel involved and included. main idea: The point the author is making about the subject. persuasive techniques: Methods used to get people to think or act in a certain way. purpose: The reason for writing or speaking. argumentative text: Writing that supports a claim with reasons and evidence. claim: The main point of an author s argument. evidence: Proof or details in the text that support an author s ideas. reason: Why the author makes the claim. transition words: Words that connect ideas in a text. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem. irony: Something that is the opposite of what is expected. repetition: Repeated use of words or ideas to make a point. literary device: A technique used by an author to create a specific effect. rhetorical question: A question asked that does not need to be answered. main characters: The most important person, animal, or other being in a story. moral: The lesson learned from a story. speaker: The person who is giving a speech. speaker s purpose: The reason for talking to an audience. narrative: A story. plot: The events in a story. resolution: The final part of a story where the problem is worked out. rising action: Events that develop the main conflict of a story. setting: The time and place of events in a story. situational irony: The difference between what is expected and what happens. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem.

9 Lexia Lessons Conflict Part A and B Irony & Structure Persuasive Techniques Argument Part A and B Skill Builder Level 4 Conflict Level 4 Irony & Structure Level 4 Persuasive Techniques Level 4 Argument

10 Level 5: Exploration Intermediate Activity 1: Space Shuttle Activity 2: Eleven Activity 3: Hatchet Activity 4: Beyond Baseball 810L 750L 1020L 970L 950L 990L 990L 800L Text and Summary Making Inferences Sensory Language Biography Skills

11 Level 5: Exploration Terminology caption: Words about a picture. details: Pieces of information that describe or support key ideas. heading: Words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic. infer: To make an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. narrative: A story. narrator: The voice that tells a story. imagery: The use of words to create a picture in the reader s mind. protagonist: The main character in a story. sensory language: Words that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. legacy: The lasting impact that a person has made on others. timeline: A list of events along a line to show when they happened. italics: Letters or words in slanted type. setting: The time and place of events in a story. Lexia Lessons Text: Part A Making Inferences Sensory Language Biography Skill Builder Text and Summary Inferences Sensory Language Biography

12 Level 6: Resilience Intermediate Activity 1: Basketball Forecast Activity 2: Wonder Activity 3: Remember Activity 4: Anne Frank Poem 1060L 860L Drama Poem 570L 770L Drama Figurative Language Theme Cause and Effect Drama Skills

13 Level 6: Resilience Terminology figurative language: Words used creatively that don t mean what they usually mean. characters: A person, animal, or other being in a story. cause and effect: The reason why an event happens and the result of that event. act: A major section in a play, like a chapter in a book. pronoun: A word that takes the place of a noun. stanza: A group of lines in a poem. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. infer: To make an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. audience: One or more listeners, readers, or viewers. cast: The characters in a play. monologue: A long speech by one character in a play. stage directions: Instructions in a play that are not spoken by characters. Lexia Lessons Figurative Language Theme Cause and Effect Drama Skill Builder Figurative Language Theme Cause and Effect Drama

14 Level 7: Conflict Intermediate Activity 1: Malala s Speech Activity 2: After Twenty Years Activity 3: The Dinner Party Activity 4: From Feet to Wheels 700L 900L 880L 850L 940L 720L 470L 910L Skills Persuasive Techniques Characterization Irony and Structure Compare and Contrast

15 Level 7: Conflict Terminology purpose: The reason for writing or speaking. character: A person, animal, or other being in a story. character traits: Personality traits based on what someone does, thinks, or says. characterization: How the author creates and describes a character. characterize: To introduce and develop a character throughout a text. main character: The most important person, animal, or other being in a story. author s purpose: The author s reason for writing. climax: The most intense part of a story. conflict: A character s struggle or problem. falling action: Events after the climax and before the ending. ironic: Happening in a way opposite to what is expected. irony: Something that is the opposite of what is expected. compare: To tell how things are alike. contrast: To tell how things are different. main idea: The point the author is making about the subject. narrative: A story. resolution: The final part of a story where the problem is worked out. rising action: Events that develop the main conflict of a story. situational irony: The difference between what is expected and what happens. Lexia Lessons Persuasive Techniques Characterization Irony and Structure Compare and Contrast Skill Builder Persuasive Techniques Characterization Irony and Structure Compare and Contrast

16 Level 8: Loyalty Intermediate Activity 1: No Limit Activity 2: Oranges Activity 3: Outsiders Activity 4: Coming Soon! 830L Poem 960L 930L 810L Poem 700L 610L Skills Argument Tone and Mood Conflict Theme

17 Level 8: Loyalty Terminology argument: The use of reasons and evidence to support a claim. claim: The main point of an author s argument. purpose: The reason for writing or speaking. reason: Why the author makes the claim. mood: The reader s feelings created by the text. sensory language: Words that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. setting: The time and place of events in a story. simile: A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem. contrast: To tell how things are different. internal conflict: A struggle that exists in a character s mind. metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as. person vs. nature: A character s struggle against forces of nature. person vs. person: A character s struggle against a person or group of people. person vs. self: A character s struggle within himself or herself. subject: What the text is mostly about. tone: The author s attitude toward the subject. person vs. society: A character s struggle against accepted rules or beliefs. Lexia Lessons Argument Part A and B Tone and Mood Conflict Part A and B Theme Skill Builder Argument Tone and Mood Conflict Theme

18 Level 9: Perseverance Advanced Activity 1: Letters from the Battlefront Activity 2: Losing Is Good Activity 3: Harlem Activity 4: Civic Responsibility 940L 990L Poem 1000L 930L 900L Poem 980L Skills Compare & Contrast Argument Tone & Mood Text & Summary

19 Level 9: Perseverance Terminology compare and contrast: To find ways in which things are alike and different. claim: The main point of an author s argument. imagery: The use of words to create a picture in the reader s mind. bulleted list: A list with a bullet ( ) before each entry. primary source: Original evidence, such as photos, a diary, or interviews. counterclaim: A point that disagrees with the author s main point. infer: To make an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know. context clues: Hints about the meaning of a word. purpose: The reason for writing or speaking. evidence: Proof or details in the text that support an author s ideas. metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as. diagram: A drawing that shows the structure of something. secondary source: Books or articles based on original evidence. main idea: The point the author is making about the subject. mood: The reader s feelings created by the text. feature box: Related information that is separate from the main text. reason: Why the author makes the claim. subject: What the text is mostly about. personification: The use of human qualities to describe nonhuman things. poem: Text that often uses figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme. heading: Words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic. rhetorical question: A question asked that does not need to be answered. simile: A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. theme: The central message or big idea in a story or a poem. tone: The author s attitude toward the subject. word choice: The use of specific words to create meaning and feeling. Lexia Lessons Compare and Contrast Argument: Part A and B Tone and Mood Text and Summary Skill Builder Compare and Contrast Argument Tone and Mood Text and Summary

20 Glossary Word Definition Word Definition act Major section in a play, like a chapter in a book claim The main point of an author s argument alliteration The repetition of the same beginning sound in a group of words climax The most intense part of a story antagonist A character who works against the main character close reading Reading more than once to deepen understanding argument The use of reasons and evidence to support a claim compare To tell how things are alike argumentative Writing that supports a claim with reasons and evidence compare and contrast To find ways in which things are alike and different audience One or more listeners, readers, or viewers conclusion The ending or final idea author s craft Methods used by authors to make their writing more powerful conflict A character s struggle or problem author s purpose The author s reason for writing. context clues Hints about the meaning of a word autobiography A true story that a person writes about his or her own life contrast To tell how things are different background knowledge What the reader already knows about the topic of a text counterclaim A point that disagrees with the author s main point biography A true story of a person s life written by another person details Pieces of information that describe or support key ideas bulleted list A list with a bullet ( ) before each entry diagram A drawing that shows the structure of something call to action An instruction given to the audience to do something dialogue A conversation between two or more characters caption Words about a picture drama A play, often acted out on a stage cast The characters in a play dramatic irony When the audience knows something that the character doesn t cause The reason why an event happens effect The result of what happens cause and effect The reason why an event happens and the result of that event evidence character Person, animal, or other being in a story evidence Examples, facts, and expert quotes that support the reason (Level 4 Activity 4, Level 9 Activity 2, Level 8 Activity 1) Proof or details in the text that support an author s ideas (Level 2 Activity 3, Level 5 Activity 2) character traits Personality traits based on what someone does, thinks, or says excerpt A part of a longer text characterization How the author creates and describes a character exposition The introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict characterize To introduce and develop a character throughout a text

21 Glossary Word Definition Word Definition falling action Events after the climax and before the ending monologue A long speech by one character in a play feature box Related information that is separate from the main text mood The reader s feelings created by the text figurative language Words used creatively that don t mean what they usually mean moral The lesson learned from a story foreshadowing Hints that an author gives about future events narrative A story heading Words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic narrator The voice that tells a story imagery The use of words to create a picture in the reader s mind person vs. nature A character s struggle against forces of nature inclusive language Words that make an audience feel involved and included person vs. person A character s struggle against a person or group of people infer To make an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know person vs. self A character s struggle within himself or herself inference An educated guess based on text evidence and what you know person vs. society A character s struggle against accepted rules or beliefs inferring Making an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know personification The use of human qualities to describe nonhuman things informational text Writing that gives facts about a subject or topic persuasive techniques Writing that tries to get people to think or act in a certain way internal conflict A struggle that exists in a character s mind plot The events in a story ironic Happening in a way opposite to what is expected poem Text that often uses figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme irony Something that is the opposite of what is expected poet A person who writes poems italics Letters or words in slanted type primary source Original evidence, such as photos, a diary, or interviews legacy The lasting impact that a person has made on others pronoun A word that takes the place of a noun line One row of words in a poem protagonist The main character in a story literary device A technique used by an author to create a specific effect purpose The reason for writing or speaking main character The most important person, animal, or other being in a story reason Why the author makes the claim main idea The point the author is making about the subject repetition Repeated use of words or ideas to make a point metaphor A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as resolution The final part of a story where the problem is worked out

22 Glossary Word Definition Word Definition rhetorical question A question asked that does not need to be answered subject What the text is mostly about rising action Events that develop the main conflict of a story summarizing Stating the main ideas or events scene A section of an act in a play summary A short statement of the most important ideas secondary source Books or articles based on original evidence supporting idea Facts, reasons, and other details that explain a main idea sensory language Words that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel symbol A word, image, or object that stands for a larger idea setting The time and place of events in a story symbolism The use of a word, image, or object to stand for a larger idea simile A comparison of two unlike things using like or as text features Elements in informational text such as headings and captions situational irony The difference between what is expected and what happens theme The central message or big idea in a story or a poem speaker The person who is giving a speech timeline A list of events along a line to show when they happened speaker s purpose The reason for talking to an audience tone The author s attitude toward the subject stage directions Instructions in a play that are not spoken by characters transition words Words that connect ideas in a text stanza A group of lines in a poem verbal irony The difference between what s said and what s meant: sarcasm subheading Words that label shorter parts of the text word choice The use of specific words to create meaning and feeling