This resource was created by Molli Miller, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

This resource was created by Molli Miller, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

In this unit, students will read the novel, The Outsiders, while simultaneously working to analyze the text and time period of the novel.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Vicki Washburn in collaboration with Caryn Ziettlow and Eileen Barks as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade 8 ELA students. Students will analyze the effects of a short story setting using "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: 8.1.6.b, 8.1.6.iIt is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 90 minutes to complete. Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1adXXQ5izF8AOBm4hP_witkTO0y-lKI9LVvX8rDdl90k/edit#slide=id.p2

This lesson is intended for students who are new to Shakespeare and his writing. In the lesson, students will read about sonnets, read and respond to specific Shakespearean sonnets, and explore the poetic elements - specifically meter and rhyme - of Shakespearean sonnets. This lesson was created by Tyler Barna as part of the 2020 NDE OER Workshop and was conceived from Maxx Stewart's lesson posted to OER Commons. It is designed for beginning Shakespeare students, typically in English Language Arts grades 8-10. It is expected that this lesson will take students 90 minutes to complete. All materials are linked digitally within the lesson. This lesson is written for students; "Student View" is the recommended output for this lesson. 

Summer Learning Loss is the loss of students' academic skills and knowledge when school isn't in session, generally occurring over the summer break. This lesson seeks to educate students on the effects of summer learning loss and asks questions that require students to reflect on their past reading behaviors which might have led to summer learning loss, as well as future behaviors that might prevent summer learning loss. In the lesson, students will read articles, analyze a graph, and think critically about a short video all of which detail, in different ways, the dilemma of summer learning loss. Thematically, this lesson works at the beginning or end of the school year, as students transition out of and into the summer.This lesson was curated by Tyler Barna for the 2020 NDE OER Workshop and is designed for a middle-level English Language Arts classroom. It is expected that this lesson will take students 45-90 minutes to complete. All materials are linked digitally within the lesson.