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A brochure of safety tips
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Abstract: The students summarize information they have read and learned in school to create a brochure of important safety tips. They work in teams, each on a specific area of safety, to create a multimedia presentation on the computer using HyperStudio for text, graphics, and sound or other publishing or presentation ... More »
A matter of identity: Writing an extended metaphor poem
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Abstract: Students apply their knowledge of literary devices by reading and analyzing the poem "Identity" by Julio Noboa Polanco. Students then create their own poem incorporating the literary devices studied and analyzed in the above mentioned poem. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited ... More »
Adding Support and Detail Without Getting Arrested!
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Abstract: This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of using facts to support ideas and to interpret (elaborate on) those facts in order to create a synthesized paragraph.
Along the Trail of Tears
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Abstract: A part of history is often forgot when teaching younger students. This is the relocation of the Cherokee Indians when the white settlers wanted their property. The US Government moved whole groups of Indians under harsh conditions. This trip became known as the Trail of Tears. Using this as a background ... More »
Analyzing Author Style using Sentence Combining
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Abstract: This activity should be completed before reading the essay "Beach People, Mountain People" by Suzanne Britt. Students will combine three sets of kernel sentences based on the first paragraph of Britt's writing. They will then compare their sentences to Britt's. The class will discuss what sentence combining ... More »
Awesome Action Words
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Abstract: Good writers use precise verbs to make stories interesting and vivid. In this lesson, students will learn to replace boring, redundant, generic verbs with more precise "Awesome Action Words."
Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Language Arts wing
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Abstract: This lesson, which features Mark Twain's "Jim Baker's Blue-jay Yarn," is part of an interdisciplinary unit on birds that contains math/science and language arts components. In the language arts wing, students will explore dialects and personification through this very entertaining tall tale full of the ... More »
Bubble gum rubric scoring
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Abstract: This lesson is intended to help children more clearly understand rubrics and how the State of North Carolina grades the writing test.
Cause and effect writing: What it looks like and who reads it
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Abstract: Students examine the causes and effects presented in a brochure called "Ozone: The Good and the Bad." They also examine the language of the brochure with regard to audience appropriateness. Students then write their own brochures examine their classmates' brochures for cause and effect and for audience ... More »
Creating found poetry from picture books
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Abstract: Students select and read a picture book and afterwards create "found poetry" based on the picture book.
Describing Japanese screens and scrolls through words
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Abstract: The first part of a unit on talking and writing about, as well as creating, Japanese screen and scroll paintings. The purpose of this unit plan is to introduce descriptive aspects of art criticism, while teaching appreciation for the art and culture of Japan. Students use observation and descriptive ... More »
Describing Words: Go Away, Big Green Monster!
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Abstract: The students will use describing words in their writing based on the book "Go Away, Big Green Monster" while integrating math concepts about shapes.
Digging up discoveries
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Abstract: The students will study archeology, practicing their knowledge of spelling patterns and capitalization and punctuation skills along the way. The students will go to a teacher-created excavation and discover a surprise in a "rock" from the excavation. The students will then write about their experience.
Giving can be fun
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Abstract: The purpose of this lesson is to incorporate the use of writing in a friendly letter format to foster the spirit of giving and sharing within the classroom. Using word processing, the students will create a friendly letter that will be shared with classmates in the spirit of giving and sharing.
Great beginnings
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Abstract: Good beginnings hook readers and make them want to continue reading. Students will learn the features of good beginnings by reading the beginnings of several narrative picturebooks, and then writing good beginnings for their own narratives.
Great endings
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Abstract: Sometimes authors end their stories with a memory, a feeling, a wish, or a hope. Other times they end the story by referring back to the language of the beginning. In this lesson, students will examine the characteristics of good endings by reading good endings of narrative picture books. They will then ... More »
"How Do Pumpkins Grow?" book
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Abstract: This is an integrated science and language arts lesson plan. Students will create individual books that illustrate how pumpkins grow.
Identifying RAFT elements in writing prompts and assignments
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Abstract: Student will read writing prompts and practice identifying RAFT elements: role of writer, audience, writing format, and topic. This is the first lesson in a series of three based upon LEARN NC's 9th grade writing exemplars.
Literature-based newspaper: Their Eyes were Watching God
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Abstract: Students will create an Eatonville newspaper depicting the characters and events in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes were Watching God."
Love Letters: Using imagery to convey feelings
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Abstract: After listening to Arnold Adoff's "Love Letters, students will write and share their own love letters. This lesson is especially fun around Valentine's Day.