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Idea Threads

Students pull a colored thread through a speech or essay, attaching it to each sentence that develops a central idea; a second thread for another idea shows where the two twist together, and every knot must be backed by a quoted line.

Play style: Explorer
Module: Central Ideas and Their Development: Cite evidence, determine central ideas, and analyze how ideas and claims unfold and build
Grade: Grades 9-12 · English Language Arts
Standards: RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.5 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.3

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