STANDARD 7 - COMPREHENSION. STUDENTS UNDERSTAND, INTERPRET, AND ANALYZE NARRATIVE AND INFORMATIONAL GRADE LEVEL TEXT.

Standard 7, Objective 1 - Identify purposes of text.

• Author's Purpose – Interactive at studyzone
  
• Author's Purpose – Interactive at USF
  
• Author's Purpose 1 – Interactive at thatquiz
  
• Author's Purpose 2 – Interactive at thatquiz
  
• Author's Purpose – Interactive as oswego
  
• Look Up Children's Authors & Illustrators
  

Standard 7, Objective 2 - Apply strategies to comprehend text.

• Reading Assessment - Rags To Riches at Quia
  
• COMPREHENSION
  
• Stated Information 1 - Dolphins Quiz at English-Zone
  
• Stated Information 2 - Elephants Quiz at English-Zone
  
• INFERENCES
  
• Context Clues – Practice at shsu
  
• Context Clues – Practice with Cows at Sadlier-Oxford
  
• Context Clues –Practice Exercises at ablongman
  
• Context Clues – Tutorial & Quiz at losrios
  
• Drawing Conclusions – Practice at StudyZone
  
• Guessing Vocabulary in Context – Practice at english-zone
  
• Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions – Practice at StudyZone
  
• Making Inferences – Practice at StudyZone
  
• Making Inferences - Worksheets at Scholastic
  
• What Can You Infer – Interactive at Quia
  
• MAIN IDEA
  
• Finding the Main Idea - Practice at Harcourt
  
• Get The Idea – Practice at beaconlearning
  
• Identify the Main Idea – Practice at Quia
  
• Identify the Main Idea 1 – Practice at studyzone
  
• Identify Main Idea 2 – Practice at studyzone
  
• Identify Main Idea 3 – Practice at studyzone
  
• Main Idea & Supporting Detail – Practice at Quia
  
• Main Idea – Practice at studyzone
  
• Reading Detective for Main Idea – Practice at Quia
  
• Understanding What You Read – Practice at beaconlearning
  
• What's the Big Idea - Solve a Riddle at Harcourt
  
• PREDICTIONS
  
• Making Predictions - Graphic Organizer from Scholastic
  
• Making Predictions – Interactive at fcps
  
• Prediction & Inference – Presentation by Cowan
  

Standard 7, Objective 3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.

• Cause/Effect – Quiz 1 at Quia
  
• Cause/Effect – Quiz 2 at Quia
  
• Cause/Effect – Quiz 3 at Quia
  
• Cause/Effect – Quiz 4 at Quia
  
• Cause/Effect – Quiz 5 at Quia
  
• Cause/Effect – What Caused it? Science Questions at beaconlearning
  
• Character Traits – Longer List at TeacherVision
  
• Comparing and Contrasting – Writing Detective Interactive at Glencoe
  
• Story Elements – Interactives at Quia
  
• Story Elements - Understanding Plot – Good Interactive Practice at studyzone
  
• Story Elements - Understanding Setting – Good Interactive Practice at studyzone
  
• Terms – Definitions of Literary Terms at Quia
  
• Terms – Writing Interactive at Quia
  
• Writing Detective – Units at Harcourt
  
• Writing with Writers – Interactive at Scholastic
  
• GENRES
  
• American Folklore - Ten Characters Quiz at educationworld
  
• Descriptive Writing – Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Exploring Folklore – Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Expository Writing – Practice at Glencoe
  
• Folklore in Utah – 3 Stories at americanfolklore
  
• Folklore, Myth, & Legend – Good Links at ucalgary
  
• Fractured Fairy Tales – Tutorial with Jon Scieska at Scholastic
  
• How to Write a Tall Tale – Tutorial at sarasota
  
• Kids Mysteries to Solve at MysteryNet
  
• Mystery Writing – Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Myth Writing – Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Narrative Elements - Interactive Practice at Test Tutor
  
• Narrative Writing - Interactive Practice at Glencoe
  
• Persuasive Writing – Do or Don’t Practice at Glencoe
  
• Poem - Funny Forty Porpoises at poetry for kids
  
• Poetry for Kids – Lots of Poems to Read
  
• Tall Tales – Choose Versions at 42explore
  
• Tall Tales – Choose Stories at American Folklore
  
• Tall Tale Webquest- Super Heros of the Wild West
  
• What Makes a Good Short Story? – Read "A Jury of Her Peers"
  
• Writer's Workshop - Creating a Folktale Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• RESEARCHING RESOURCES
  
• Locating Information – Test Tutor Interactive Quiz at Harcourt,
  
• Reference Resources – Matching Game at Glencoe
  
• Research Report – Writing Detective Interactive at Harcourt
  
• Using Reference Sources – Tutorial at howtostudy
  

STANDARD 8 - WRITING-STUDENTS WRITE DAILY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES AND AUDIENCES.

Standard 8, Objective 1 - Prepare to write by gathering & organizing info & ideas (pre-writing).

• Forms of Writing – Short Tutorials & Samples for 21 Types at ThinkQuest
  
• Guide to Writing a Basic Essay – Tutorial at lklivingston
  
• Planning - Think Like A Movie
  
• Topic Ideas from Writing Den
  
• Topic Ideas from the Write Source
  
• Writing Forms & Skills – Tutorial at FactMonster
  
• Writing Prompts with Pictures at Harcourt
  
• Writing Stories – Beginnings & Endings pdf
  
• GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
  
• Graphic Organizer - Samples at everything-esl
  
• Graphic Organizers at abcteach
  
• Graphic Organizers at Eduplace
  

Standard 8, Objective 2 - Compose a written draft.

• Complete Sentences – Examples at rhlschool
  
• Declaration & Interrogative Sentences – Practice at edhelper
  
• Finish A Poem – Interactive at angelfire
  
• Kinds of Sentences – Examples at rhlschool
  
• Sequencing Events - Interactive at Harcourt
  
• Utah Write - Formative Writing Assessment
  

Standard 8, Objective 3 - Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.

• Writing Process – Practice at Glencoe
  

Standard 8, Objective 4 - Edit written draft for conventions.

• 2Bee or Nottobee – Verb Activity at FunBrain
  
• Common Mistakes – Practice at a4esl
  
• Correct the Mistakes – Practice at a4esl
  
• Edit Dan's Copy – Interactive at Scholastic
  
• Grammar Blast – Adjectives Interactive at Eduplace
  
• Grammar Blast - Verb Interactive at Eduplace
  
• Grammar Gorillas – Activity at FunBrain
  
• Necessary / Unnecessary Words
  
• Parts of Speech – Interactive Quiz at ambleweb
  
• Plain Language – Tutorial at Plain Train
  
• Poetry – Great Interactive for Instant Poetry Forms
  
• Power Proofreading – Interactive at Eduplace
  
• Run-Ons and Fragment Sentences Links at Internet4classrooms.com
  
• Troubleshooter – Practice at Glencoe
  

Standard 8, Objective 5 - Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.

Standard 8, Objective 6 - Write in different forms and genres.

• Doodle Splash – Interactive at readwritethink
  
• How to Write a Story – Great Tutorial at Bruce Hale
  
• Letter Generator – Interactive at readwritethink
  
• Newspaper Story Format
  
• News Writing – Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Outline of the Five Paragraph Essay – Tutorial at Maricopa
  
• Printing Press
  
• Speech Writing - Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Topic Ideas from Writing Den
  
• Write Your Own Fairytale at Glencoe - Select "Activity"
  
• Writing a Book Report (Fiction) – Tutorial at howtostudy
  
• Writing a Book Review - Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Writing Techniques - Tutorial at howtostudy
  
• WRITING POETRY
  
• Acrostic Poems – Interactive at readwritethink
  
• Diamante Poems – Interactive at readwritethink
  
• Evaluating Poetry using The Wishing Flower – Interactive at studyzone
  
• Poetry at Barbican’s Can I Have a Word? – Watch or Listen to Stimulate Creative Writing
  
• Poetry Writing – Tutorial at Scholastic
  
• Theme Poems – Interactive at readwritethink