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Planning Middle School Expository Units: Similarities and Differences in the Common Core State Standards
If you’re swimming in confusing standards as a result of changing grade levels or content areas, you may wish you had a quick-reference cheat sheet that just laid it all out for you in one place. Introducing the Expository Reading & Writing Unit Cheat Sheet for our dynamic 6th, 7th,
How to Teach Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Your Middle School ELA Expository or Argument Unit
Ethos, pathos, and logos are rhetorical strategies often used in persuasive writing and speech to appeal to an audience’s emotions, credibility, and logic, respectively. Understanding and analyzing these rhetorical strategies can help students become more critical readers and effective writers, enabling them to identify persuasive techniques in texts and use
Planning Your Middle School Expository Unit: 6 Types of Expository Reading for Engaging Students
First things first (especially if you’re new to Middle School English) → In middle school ELA classrooms, teachers often incorporate various types of expository reading to engage students and develop their comprehension and critical thinking skills. Some of the most common types of expository reading materials teachers use to round
Nonfiction Unit Planning: How to Plan Your Middle School ELA Nonfiction/Expository Unit
When it comes to nonfiction or expository texts, it’s not always the easiest type of unit to get your students excited about. It can be easy to sell fiction or drama to your students as it’s a way for them to travel to faraway lands and get wrapped up in
Non-Fiction / Expository Paired Passages for Middle School English Language Arts
Finding on-level paired passages ready to go for Middle School ELA that are Accessible for your struggling readers Challenging enough for your high fliers Engaging so no one is bored Designed to promote discussion with built-in teachable moments . . . And that don’t take a whole week to teach
