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Literacy Training Materials - Activities and Articles

General Literacy Links

• Julius West Middle School Literacy Vision 
• What Does Literacy Look Like? 
• Reading Stances 
• Article - Reading Fluency 
• Effective Reading Strategies 
• Strategic Thinkers  
• Rogers' Rangers - Article and BCR 
• The Legend of the Lake 
• Math- Reading Graphs 
• Tsunami and the Animals 
• Battle of Lexington 
• "I Have a Dream" 
• The Louisiana Purchase 
• The Life Cycles of Stars 
• Instructional Focus Guide 
• Reading Strategies Survey 
• Jake Porter Story - Preview 
• Jake Porter Story - Text 
• Reading Realities 
• Langston Hughes - A Dream Deferred  
• A Dream Deferred - Activities 
• Ralphie's Red Hat  

Snakehead Fish

• Article A 
• Article B 
• Assessment A 
• Assessment B  
• Assessment C 
• BCR 
• Teacher Memo 

Mendel

• Vocabulary 
• Text - Article 
• Graphic Organizer 
• Differentiated Checking for Understanding 

Light in the Forest - Cuyloga's Words

• Cuyloga's Speech
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5

George W. Bush - Explorer

• Article
• Part 1 Responses
• Part 2 Responses
• Part 3 Responses

Badminton

• Text - Simplified Rules
• Review
• Skills Workout
• Scorecard
• Treasure Hunt
• Summarizer

John Brown's Raid

• Section 1
• Section 2
• Section 3

Graphic Organizers

• Graphic.com - A Great Starting Place
• EdHelper
• Education Place
• Houghton-Mifflin
• TeacherVision
• teAchnology
• WriteDesign
• North Central Regional Educational Lab
• Link to U.S. History Graphic Organizers

Lowell Mill Girls

• Reading 1 - Factory Rules
• Reading 2 - Boarding House Rules
• Reading 3 - Factory Life 
• Reading 4 - Investigation - Testimony 1
• Reading 5 - Investigation - Testimony 2
• Reading 6 - Petition
• Reading 7 - Poems
• Reading 8 - from autobiography of Harriet Robinson
• Reading 9 - Article + Strategies
• Graphic Organizer
• Graphic Summarizer