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CommonLit's Text Features

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Elements of a CommonLit text

  • How do students annotate? Can students highlight and add notes or annotations to an assignment?
  • How can I use CommonLit texts in my lessons?
  • How can I use paired texts in my classroom?
  • How can I use related media in my classroom?
  • How can I use the discussion questions in my lesson?
  • Which types of questions can students answer through the CommonLit platform?
  • What are the differences between a "guiding question," an "assessment question," and a "discussion question"?
  • Can teachers and students translate text into another language?
  • Can I try out annotations? How can I model annotations for my students?
  • Can I print out CommonLit texts and questions?
  • Can I change the Lexile level of a text?
  • Is there a parent guide for texts?
  • Does CommonLit work on iPads?
  • Do you have exemplars for each short-answer question that I could share with my students?
  • Why does CommonLit use "they" instead of "him" or "her" when referring to the speaker of a poem or one person on the site?
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