Expository Sources and Activities by Mrs. Prewitt

The Ultimate Halloween Candy Power Ranking

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 15:34:37 UTC

This is a one-off that ranks candy, but it's a fantastic piece with lots of content-vocab for stats/research.

What's Going On In This Graph?

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 15:35:17 UTC

Graphs, maps and charts from The Times — and an invitation to students to discuss them live.

Turner's Graph of the Week

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 15:35:53 UTC

Article of the Week (Woodcock)

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 15:38:37 UTC

Real World Writing Purposes

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 15:57:25 UTC

Looking to create opportunities for "real-world" writing? Start here to first determine what you want your writers to do.

Five Thirty Eight (538)

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 15:59:34 UTC

538 looks at politics from a statistical perspective. A great way to teach students how to use stats to form a conclusion.

Article of the Week (Gallagher)

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 16:04:59 UTC

The OG AOW.

Current Event Graphic Organizer

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 16:19:41 UTC

Text Structures Handout

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 16:36:12 UTC

Non-Fiction Reading Responses

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 19:14:39 UTC

Notice and Note Signposts Handout (what students should be thinking as the read)

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 19:15:19 UTC

Here's a presentation to use when introducing the Notice and Note strategy to students: https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/593/Nonfiction%20Signpost%202.pdf

One Pager Templates

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 19:16:06 UTC

Signal words/stems for each text structure

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 19:26:48 UTC

ReadWorks: Science

aprewitt — 2023-10-24 21:43:09 UTC

ReadWorks is built on the science of reading to ensure students can steadily expand their background knowledge, vocabularies, and reading comprehension—helping them become the confident readers they deserve to be

SHEG: Read Like a Historian Lessons

aprewitt — 2023-10-25 14:50:37 UTC

NewsELA

aprewitt — 2023-10-25 21:05:24 UTC

New York Times Learning Network

aprewitt — 2023-10-26 21:52:42 UTC

Resources for teaching science and math using New York Times content

Ney York Times Learning Network

aprewitt — 2023-10-26 21:56:00 UTC

Resources for teaching English language arts using New York Times content

NY Times Learning Network

aprewitt — 2023-10-26 21:57:12 UTC

Resources for teaching social studies using New York Times content

NY Times Current Event Conversations

aprewitt — 2023-10-26 22:00:45 UTC

Resources for teaching about current events using New York Times content: articles, quizzes, writing prompts, and more

PBS Learning Media

aprewitt — 2023-10-26 22:05:44 UTC

Find resources and activities for high school learners. Inspire your students with videos, games, and activities aligned to state and national standards.

NewsELA: Differentiated texts for all content areas

aprewitt — 2023-10-26 22:18:07 UTC

Differentiated texts aligned to students' NWEA/MAP scores with embedded quizzes and writing prompts. Premium subscription paid by the district.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

aprewitt — 2023-10-27 16:15:30 UTC

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Allsides.com

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 20:41:36 UTC

A site that teaches students about political bias and rates news sources' bias.

Allsides.com

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 20:42:04 UTC

A site that teaches students about political bias and rates news sources' bias.

Inquiry Blackjack

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 20:53:01 UTC

Students can use Costa's levels of questioning to earn 21 points. It can help students if they complete the activity before a discussion.

AVID Socratic Seminar

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 20:57:31 UTC

An AVID strategy for deep discussions.

Writing Revolution Strategies

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 21:06:38 UTC

Strategies to help students write across the curriculum.

Write On! Strategies

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 21:08:46 UTC

A variety of writing strategies

AVID Marking the Text

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 21:10:41 UTC

Helps students understand how to mark a text.

The Icons of Depth and Complexity

rrosenblatt — 2023-10-27 21:14:51 UTC

Professor Sandra Kaplan of USC's Rossier School of Education recommends using the iconic prompts to boost students' critical thinking for any subject matter.

Questions for Discussion/Assessment (Costa's Levels)

aprewitt — 2023-11-02 20:26:27 UTC

Marking the Text

aprewitt — 2023-11-02 20:32:16 UTC

Use this strategy to encourage a close reading of any text.

Marking the Text (Argument)

aprewitt — 2023-11-02 20:35:15 UTC

CommonLit

aprewitt — 2023-11-06 03:48:06 UTC

Find and assign texts that align with specific learning targets or that reflect the themes of your novel unit. Includes embedded Common Core aligned questions throughout.

Reading and Writing Strategies

aprewitt — 2023-11-08 23:31:28 UTC

Zinc Learning Labs

aprewitt — 2023-11-13 21:21:54 UTC

Available via Springboard, Zinc offers a wide variety of texts aligned with ELA standards.

They Say/ I Say Blog

aprewitt — 2023-11-14 01:51:11 UTC

Monthly articles with high-level writing prompts to engage students in conversation about real-world issues.

Argument Centered Education

aprewitt — 2023-11-14 01:54:37 UTC

Building educators' capacity to produce
college-ready performance
for all students.

Democratic Knowledge Project: Current Events Toolkit

aprewitt — 2024-04-03 16:29:12 UTC

The Current Events Toolkit provides teachers with materials to help their students think through and understand complex and sometimes controversial current events. It includes tools and guidance for engaging in initial conversations about current events and for digging deeper into current events topics.

Guide for General Discussion of Current Events

aprewitt — 2024-04-03 16:31:02 UTC

Instruction for Article of the Week

aprewitt — 2026-06-09 04:28:43 UTC