What are Text Sets? |
How do I create a Text Set? |
A text set is a collection of sources that support a common theme, issue or topic. Text sets should include a variety of genres, text types, levels and formats.
Examples of materials to include (but are not limited to):
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Finding Texts for Themed Text Sets
Information Text with Reading Level Help
Books Information! Find reviews, lesson plans, etc.
Online Texts - Fiction and Nonfiction eBooks
Search the NCSU library catalog or the public library (including the book club kits) Other NC Wise Owl Information Texts
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Other "Interesting" Genre Texts
Gapminder is a data visualization tool that can bring global awareness and data literacy into your classroom. Global data --CIA World Factbook Videos (Discovery Ed if your District/School has a Subscription)
Interesting Graphics/Images: 101 Questions, National Geographic, Interesting Photos, Google Image Search - Filter, AP Images from NC Wise Owl, Culture Grams Slide Shows, NYPL Digital Gallery, Using101 Questions Primary Sources - via Kathy Schrock's Guide TEXT COMPLEXITY TOOLS: Flesch-Kincaide Readability Lexile Chart Qualitative Rubric Quantitative Tools (Lexile, ATOS, etc.) Rewordify (cut and paste in text to simplify it) |
Practice!You get to teach the book Esperanza Rising with your students. You want to build a text set to help them build prior knowledge to better understand the novel.
Read these two summaries of Esperanza Rising and make a list of keywords, subjects, topics, etc. that would be good to use when searching for texts. Summary 1 (click on "Read More") and Summary 2 (look at the "Background" section)
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Organize your Articles/Texts for StudentsPrinting articles, using book boxes, etc. can allow you to organize texts. You can also try one of these sources:
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