This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full …
This video segment from Between the Lions features an African tale full of surprises and new words. Master storyteller Karen Kandel models the power of storytelling, the mesmerizing effects of language, and how stories can help build vocabulary and background knowledge.
Using published writers' texts and students' own writing, this unit explores emotions …
Using published writers' texts and students' own writing, this unit explores emotions that are associated with the artful and deliberate use of commas, semicolons, colons, and exclamation points (end-stop marks of punctuation).
This three-week module, centered on a focal case, represents the second part …
This three-week module, centered on a focal case, represents the second part of the DepartmentŰŞs introduction to the challenges of reflection and action in professional planning practice. As such, it builds on the concepts and tools in 11.201 and 11.202 in the Fall semester. Working in teams, students will deliver a 20-minute oral briefing, with an additional 10 minutes for questions and comments, in the last week of the class (as detailed on the assignment and posted course schedule). The teams will brief invited guests (ŰĎbriefeesŰ) taking the roles of decisionmakers. DUSP faculty and fellow students may also be in attendance.
Students read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, demonstrate comprehension of …
Students read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, demonstrate comprehension of the story by involving themselves in discussions, and analyze the characters in preparation for a class "press conference."
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the …
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the two basic forms of reproduction for the living things that practice them.
In this 105-minute lesson, students will be able to: -Explain what a …
In this 105-minute lesson, students will be able to: -Explain what a resume and cover letter are and how they are used in the hiring process -Identify how a resume differs from a LinkedIn profile -Write a resume with little to no work experience -Create a resume and cover letter for yourself
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how animals' …
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how animals' physical characteristics, such as jaw structure, are directly related to the function they perform when the animal interacts with its environment.
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students study a disease …
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students study a disease outbreak and the investigation that followed to understand the role that public health workers play in protecting the communities they serve.
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the …
In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the varied physical and behavioral adaptations that animals rely on to help them survive changing environmental conditions, such as the arrival of winter.
Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. First, …
Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. First, they learn a basic foundation of legal principles and vocabulary related to copyright. They understand how such factors as the rules of copyright law, the values and intent of the original creator, and the audience and purpose should affect their decisions about using the creative work of others. Using the Mad Men Student Handout, students then apply these principles to a simulation activity in which they act as advertising executives who have to choose a photo for an ad campaign.
Students use both analytical and creative skills to adapt passages from a …
Students use both analytical and creative skills to adapt passages from a novel with significant internal dialogue and conflict, such as Toni Morrison's "Beloved", into a ten-minute play.
Everyone knows that "Star Wars" character Darth Vader is a villain. This …
Everyone knows that "Star Wars" character Darth Vader is a villain. This lesson asks students to explore how they know such things about heroes and villains they encounter in texts. After examining how moviemakers communicate the villainy of Darth Vader, students examine a passage from Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone that describes the villain Voldemort, noting how Rowling communicates details about the character. Students then read novels in small groups, with each group member tracking a character in a reading log. When they finish their novels, students design posters and present details on their novels to the class. After the presentations, students make observations on how authors develop character and write journal entries reflecting on what they learned.
Students evaluate book reviews written by other children, discussing their components and …
Students evaluate book reviews written by other children, discussing their components and effectiveness, and write reviews of favorite books to record on video or post online.
Our goal is for our students to become proficient readers and writers …
Our goal is for our students to become proficient readers and writers who display agency and independence. This interactive hyperdoc training module, about UDL and Reading Workshop, is designed to help educators develop an ever-growing toolkit of strategies that will remove barriers to learning and create options for how instruction is presented, how students express their ideas, and how we can engage students in their learning.
This professional development work with the Units of Study for Writing is …
This professional development work with the Units of Study for Writing is based on reading the Guide to the Writing Workshop (primary grades, intermediate grades, and middle school) and then collaborating across grade levels about key pieces to understanding the writing workshop.
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