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Standard RI.LCS.8

RI.LCS.8 Interpret and analyze the author’s use of words, phrases, text features, conventions, and structures, and how their relationships shape meaning and tone in print and multimedia texts.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

Non-Fiction Text Features -2

Lesson

Students will use non-fiction books to identify and explain how text features help them as individual readers.

Rita Williams-Garcia

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Award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia was one of the featured authors at the 2017 StoryfestSC, an annual event sponsored by the South Carolina State Library. Knowitall talked to Rita about her...

Preparing for Hurricanes | Auntie Karen's Place

Episode 4

Video

Auntie Karen and the Jamaican Yams discuss how to prepare for a hurricane.

Bull and Bear

Episode 3

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Bear and Bull talk about creating a budget and how to save money.

Sickle Cell Awareness | Auntie Karen's Place

Episode 2

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Learn more about Sickle Cell Anemia.

What is Jazz? | Auntie Karen's Place

Episode 1

Video

Learn about a style of music known as jazz.

Gordon's Discovery | Auntie Karen's Place

Episode 6

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Gordon is one of Auntie Karen's Jamaican Yams Character. When Gordon, a purple overweight Jamaican Yam discovers he is pre-diabetic, he gets some comforting advice from his friend Shelby. The purpose...

All Media Involve Writing: Analyzing a News Photo and Assuming the Role of Journalists

Lesson

Using a news photo, students use close reading skills and assume the role of journalists who must write about events represented by the image.