Deffner's Data Driven Resources

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I have a strong love for reading and highly value critical thinking. My lessons focus on analyzing text, drawing inferences, and understanding character development through the full spectrum of ELA standards without pulling the reader out of the story, but rather allowing them to grow deeper connections to what they read. My background is in high school education, as well as teaching both 7th and 8th grade ELA. Currently, I partner with various multi-grade homeschool co-ops making novel based curriculum.

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Compare and Contrast Essay Packet: Compare 2 countries

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Use this guided outline to brainstorm and layout a compare and contrasting research paper. Utilizes the "NewsELA" text sets (free online resource) on countries to allow for students to have a closed library of research to pull from. Students not only are able to practice researching and writing but open up their view points to learn about other countries as well! Additional teaching note- with my struggling writers, I color coordinate the graphic organizer with each paragraph (Making location/

4th - 9th

English Language Arts, Geography

CCSS

W.7.2

, W.7.2a

, W.7.2b