English Language Arts (Reading & Writing)
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ELA
Week 1 - Day 1
*Read independently 30 minutes each day*
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Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; compare and contrast two or more texts focused on the same topic.
- Watch this video for a review of finding the main idea and supporting details in informational texts.
- Practice reading informational texts and determining their main idea by working towards 90-100% proficiency on the two IXL focus skills listed below:
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ELA
Week 1 - Day 2
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IXL Focus Skills
Reading: NewsELA Unit: Universal Design
- Open your text set above and read the instructions.
- Choose one article from the text set to read.
- As you read, annotate to find the central idea with the essential question in mind:
- How do designers work to make the world more inclusive and accessible to all?
- When you have finished reading, take the quiz and see how you do!
- Click here for tips on annotation and close reading informational text from NewsELA.
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ELA
Week 1 - Day 3
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IXL Focus Skills: Continue working towards 90-100% proficiency on the two skills listed below. These skills will help you analyze informational text and identify sentences in your own writing that need revision.
Reading: NewsELA Unit: Universal Design
- Open the text set above, and choose a second article to read.
- As you read this article, annotate to find the central idea with the essential question in mind:
- How do designers work to make the world more inclusive and accessible to all?
- When you have finished reading, take the quiz and see how you do!
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ELA
Week 1 - Day 4
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IXL Focus Skills: Continue working towards 90-100% proficiency on the two skills listed below. These skills will help you analyze informational text and identify sentences in your own writing that need revision.
Reading: NewsELA Unit: Universal Design
- Open the text set above, and choose a third article to read.
- As you read, annotate to find the central idea with the essential question in mind:
- How do designers work to make the world more inclusive and accessible to all?
- When you have finished reading, take the quiz and see how you do!
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ELA
Week 1 - Day 5
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IXL Focus Skills: Continue working towards 90-100% proficiency on the two skills listed below. These skills will help you analyze informational text and identify sentences in your own writing that need revision.
Writing: Responding to the Essential Question
- Today, you should respond to the essential question by completing this Paired Text analysis worksheet.
- As you complete the worksheet, consider if there is a central/main idea that is present across all three texts.
- Make sure your response is in the form of a complete paragaph that uses evidence from all three texts to support your claim.
- You can print out the worksheet, or complete it in your summer reading journal.
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