Tools for Conquering the Common Core

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Chapter 1: Reading Tools

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AWESOME Summary Checklist

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Connection Challenge

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Description Organizer

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Main Idea Organizer

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Reading Sheet/Listening Sheet

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Scavenger Hunt

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Structure, Function, Relationships

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"Top Hat" Comparison Organizer

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Describe First, Compare Second: Example 2 (extended version)

Chapter 2: Writing Tools

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Argument/Opinion Organizer (intermediate)

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Gallery Notes

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I Sense a Good Narrative

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Lead-In Phrases

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Linking and Organizing Words

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Map It Out Organizers

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RAFT

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Source Checker

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Story Map

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Topic-Subtopic Organizer

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RAFT: Additional Student Work Samples

Chapter 3: Speaking & Listening Tools

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Pictures with a Purpose

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Presentation Planner

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Speak-Up Stems

Chapter 4: Language Tools

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Concept Definition Map

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Word Arrays

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Word Detectives: Define from Scratch

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Word Detectives: Multiple-Choice Format

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Concept Definition Map: Supplemental Example

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Vocabulary Storytellers: Example 2 (extended version)