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Common Core Standards, Informational Texts, Key Ideas and Details: 2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text Online editions of many local, national, and world newspapers are a great place to find resources for teaching students to analyze informational texts for central ideas and how they are shaped.  In fact, many newspapers now dedicate an entire section to providing teachers with ways to use the news in the classroom and some even offer alignment to standards.  A quick Google search will help you find your local newspaper’s NEI (newspapers in education) section.  If your local paper doesn’t have a specific focus for lesson planning, many of the most popular national newspapers do.  Among them, The New York Times has an impressive collection of … Continue reading →