In this co-taught 80-minute face-to-face lesson (assessment is homework or given time …
In this co-taught 80-minute face-to-face lesson (assessment is homework or given time in a second class session) students will rotate through stations to make personal connections with the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. (Stations can be removed or customized to allow for time, budget, or supervision constraints.) Please note, this lesson works best when you have several adult volunteers to run stations. This lesson is best co-taught with an ELA teacher who will be reading and discussing the book with their students. (It can be slightly adapted to fit similar stories.) It is also an effective way to deepen understanding and connections after the class has read the book. Thumbnail Image: Woodwayne, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
After reading The Giver by Lowis Lowry, students will analyze the text …
After reading The Giver by Lowis Lowry, students will analyze the text and create a thematic statement for the novel. They will use imovie to create a video teaching how to find the thematice statement and what theme they came up with for The Giver.
This is a comprehensive lesson plan to teach 9-10 grade students about …
This is a comprehensive lesson plan to teach 9-10 grade students about making inferences and gives them practical practice. It also includes formative and summative assessments. Preview image is "thinking cap" by Joe in DC
Learn how to make inferences in literature, nonfiction and real life, and …
Learn how to make inferences in literature, nonfiction and real life, and to support those inferences with strong, reliable evidence.Preview Image is "thinking cap" by Joe in DC
Introduce middle school students to reading through the use of graphic novels. …
Introduce middle school students to reading through the use of graphic novels. Students will follow different themes in the novel citing quotes to support the different themes in the book.
Throughout this unit on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, students practice …
Throughout this unit on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, students practice the same six skills with greater scaffolding and modeling at the beginning, and more independence toward the middle and end. The tasks include: 1. writing to an essential question to access background knowledge; 2. using context clues and root words to determine word meaning; 3. close reading with the aid of a glossary; 4. taking notes one of two graphic organizers (sequence of events and/or empathy map); 5. re-reading to answer text dependent questions; and 6. summarizing the chapter.
This Nearpod resource allows students to explore the life and history of …
This Nearpod resource allows students to explore the life and history of Shakespeare and helps them prepare to read the tragic play, Hamlet. This resource has interactive discussion boards, short assessments, matching games, virtual tours, and informative videos to help students learn about Shakespeare. This resource can be completed in a class setting or assigned to individual students as a homework assignment. This resource will give them the needed background information to understand and enjoy reading Shakespeare.
In this social studies skill builder, students will learn about the life …
In this social studies skill builder, students will learn about the life and death of Anne Frank. Students will be able to recognize what it means to empathize with the experience of others after reading about Anne Frank's life. This skill builder is most appropriate for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. It is estimated this lesson will take about 15-25 minutes to complete. Through virtual field trips, class collaboration, and independent practice, students use reading comprehension and observation skills to learn about Anne Frank and her family's life before and during World War II. They will also learn about the trials and hardships the Jewish people faced and the importance of empathizing with others.
Thumbnail: screenshot of Nearpod lesson by Christina Nelson 7/27/2022
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.
This lesson plan is a simple project to have students show that …
This lesson plan is a simple project to have students show that they can use a template, add pictures of their choice and add a few paragraphs of body text to a document. This is something that can be done in any program, but this specific lesson is designed for Pages (Apple's version of word processing).The idea is to make a summary of school events that have happened in the first two-three weeks of school. This lesson could be modified for any three week stretch of school that aligns to your scope and sequence. The important part of this project is that students learn how to add pictures, use a template and add some text for their desired school activities.
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
My project is making One Pagers to show their understanding of the …
My project is making One Pagers to show their understanding of the text they have read, in this case, a novel that they read independently. One Pagers can be used to respond to a variety of texts, but for this lesson plan, I have the One Pager for students responding to a novel that they have read independently. I have included the requirements for both 7th and 8th grade as some of the requirements are different. I have also included some websites on how others use One Pagers. Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize key supporting details and ideas.Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas interact over the course of a text. The photo that I am using for my thumbnail was taken by me, Melanie Shurtz.
This lesson will help students learn how to create and record a …
This lesson will help students learn how to create and record a podcast to promote a book using Anchor and music from Soundzabound. Image by: Matt Botsford featured on Unsplash
This lesson plan is designed to help students engage respectfully in expressing …
This lesson plan is designed to help students engage respectfully in expressing their opinion in a CER format, research in groups, and discuss and understand the opinions of others thoughtfully. Thumbnail source:https://unsplash.com/photos/DUmFLtMeAbQ
The focus of this project will be a personal narrative of an event …
The focus of this project will be a personal narrative of an event or situation that caused a major change in the students' lives for the better. Instead of a traditional written story, students are required to complete a digital story using school tools available to them through the school license or on their personal devices. The face-to-face lesson instruction will take 45 minutes. The remainder of the 90-minute block will be given to students to work on their projects. An additional class period should be added to finish, revise, edit, and share their projects within small groups. This plan is for high school grade levels.
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