Persuasive:

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~jhholly/persuasive.html

Text Structures:

Cause and effect-http://www.teensmoking.us/content/effects-teen-smoking.html

http://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/index.html

 http://healthylivinghowto.com/1/post/2014/01/the-harmful-effects-of-cell-phone-use-and-how-to-reduce-them.html

 http://www.dayofreading.org/DOR10HO/expository%20short%20texts.pdf

://betterlesson.com/community/search?from=autocomplete_submit&keyword=5th+6th+grade+understanding+text+structures

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/informational_text_organizational_structures_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/teaching-nonfiction-text-structures

http://msjordanreads.com/2012/04/19/non-fiction-text-structures/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwMerDVQeEy1LWEzUkFJMUZRZEU/view?pref=2&pli=1- task cards

Informational Text strategies: 321 strategy

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson951/selfassess.pdf

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson951/strategy.pdf

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/teach-second-graders-read-informational-text-33929.html

Lesson plans:

https://readersworkshopk6.wikispaces.com/Minilessons

Veterans Day Poetry

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/veterans-day/poems-rhymes/

Holiday stories:

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/short-stories/the-first-thanksgiving.html

Prezi: Folktales for campfire

http://prezi.com/cawfsafhqhhd/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Reading Study skills - Brainpop:

https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/

 How to choose a book.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGE7K4kobEM

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfecFjBHfc8

Story element RAP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MByd3HYWwRE

Story Elements:

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/

Story element graphic:

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/webthree.pdf

Plot generator:

http://www.plot-generator.org.uk/story/

Story elements defined:

http://studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/storyelements.cfm

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/lit-elements/overview/

graphic organizers:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/graphic-organizers-reading-comprehension

Teaching setting:

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/storysettings.htm

Friendship Journal-

Write a couple of sentences about a close friend from your childhood.

Picture of friends-

write about it: