This lesson plan asks students to create a new, original film or …
This lesson plan asks students to create a new, original film or podcast that is based on a specific element from a text (either a film, written text, or podcast). Students will analyze their chosen text, focusing specifically on character, theme, narrative style, use of sound, or setting analysis. This project will be taught asynchronously over the course of 5-6 class periods.
NonFiction Text Features In this EL Content Companion, students learn about non-fiction …
NonFiction Text Features In this EL Content Companion, students learn about non-fiction text features using scaffolds. The lesson contains content, language, and social-emotional learning objectives, and vocabulary instruction.
Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about …
Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about library promotions! This site has resources to support librarians in making displays, having a yearlong theme and designing fun promotions for secondary students.
For more than 400 years, Shakespeare's 37 surviving plays, 154 sonnets, and …
For more than 400 years, Shakespeare's 37 surviving plays, 154 sonnets, and other poems have been read, performed, taught, reinterpreted, and enjoyed the world over. This Teacher's Guide includes ideas for bringing the Bard and pop culture together, along with how performers around the world have infused their respective local histories and cultures into these works.
This is a lesson plan where students create a project in Apple …
This is a lesson plan where students create a project in Apple Pages on iPads with pictures and labels describing singular, plural, singular possessive and plural possessive nouns.
These activities can be used for any novel study in the upper …
These activities can be used for any novel study in the upper elementary grades. Graphic organizers allow students to demonstrate understanding of ELA skills. Book Trailer project shows understanding of the novel.(This resource's preview image was created by the author using iMovie trailer templates.)
This is a lesson plan designed to be a culminating project after …
This is a lesson plan designed to be a culminating project after a novel study. It includes student voice and choice, and is designed around using iPads to create a project. Image
Based on this model oral history experience, the toolkit includes instructional concepts, …
Based on this model oral history experience, the toolkit includes instructional concepts, ideas, and strategies for use by educators to design a curriculum that reflects their instructional goals and the needs of their students while appreciating Vietnam veterans in their community.
This is a fun and creative way for students to demonstrate their …
This is a fun and creative way for students to demonstrate their understanding of eukaryotic cell organelles. Students will create a bio poem about an organelle as if the organelle were a person. Their final product will be a poster or video of their poem that can be shared with the class. This lesson includes a bio poem organizer for students, as well as various links to interactive organelle structure and function websites.
Students complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology. They …
Students complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology. They compare their opinions to the ideas in a novel that depicts technology (such as 1984 or Fahrenheit 451).
Students apply think-aloud strategies to reading and to composition of artwork and …
Students apply think-aloud strategies to reading and to composition of artwork and poetry. They research symbols of peace as they prewrite, compose, and publish their poetry.
American author Pearl S. Buck spent most of her life in China. …
American author Pearl S. Buck spent most of her life in China. She returned to America in 1934, "an immigrant among immigrants"¦in my native land." In this lesson, students will explore American attitudes toward immigration in the 1930s through Pearl S. Buck's essay, "On Discovering America." They will explore the meaning of the term "American" in this context and look at how the media portrayed immigrants.
Pete the cat is having a slumber party with the gang, but …
Pete the cat is having a slumber party with the gang, but they are not respecting his wishes to just go to sleep. How do you think he'll make his friends be quiet so that he can catch some Z's?
Students are going to review several of the phonics patterns and concepts …
Students are going to review several of the phonics patterns and concepts introduced to them in second grade. They will be in charge of creating a video utilizing the iMovie app on an iPad for editing. In the video, they wil be asked to use visuals that deepen understanding, include a definition, and include examples. They will then share their ideas and videos with their peers.
Students learn about phonics by focusing on the letter m and participating …
Students learn about phonics by focusing on the letter m and participating in an integrated array of activities, including reading, writing, mathematics, music, art, and technology.
The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or …
The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
Behind many of the apparently simple stories of Robert Frost's poems are …
Behind many of the apparently simple stories of Robert Frost's poems are unexpected questions and mysteries. In this lesson, students analyze what speakers include or omit from their narrative accounts, make inferences about speakers' motivations, and find evidence for their inferences in the words of the poem.
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