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Aim for the Heart: Using Haiku to Identify Theme
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In this lesson, students are taught to use the Haiku format as a way to solidify the theme of their paper.  First students learn about the traditional Haiku structure, and then use the structure to reflect on the cohesiveness of the main ideas in a paper they have written.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
05/16/2016
Alliteration in Headline Poems
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Students are introduced to the term alliteration and asked to create their own examples of alliteration as well as find examples of alliteration in poems. When students understand the concept of alliteration, they are given a handout that explains the assignment of writing a headline poem. The assignment requires each student to create a headline poem using words that they have cut out from magazines and/or newspapers. The poem must contain at least 25 words, be written in complete sentences with correct punctuation, stick to one central theme, and contain at least three clear examples of alliteration.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Learning Task
Provider:
ILA/NCTE
Date Added:
11/12/2015
Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves
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Students analyze grammatical pet peeves with the intent to see how these errors may connect to race, class, and audience expectation.  This resource is a way to study "proper" language usage.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
11/10/2015
Choosing Complex Text
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This strategy guide is aimed at helping primary teachers understand the criteria for choosing complex text to use in their classroom. It identifies and explains the components of text complexity and includes a video for teachers to observe a first grade teacher thinking through the process.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Reference Material
Simulation
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
ILA/NCTE
Date Added:
06/16/2015
Diamante Poems
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In this online tool, students can learn about and write diamante poems, which are diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example,  or ). Examples of both kinds of diamante poems can be viewed online or printed out.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Formative Assessment
Provider:
International Reading Association NCTE
Date Added:
10/27/2016
Dr. Seuss’s Sound Words: Playing with Phonics and Spelling
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After listening to the read aloud Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?, students listen for sounds that can be heard in their classroom.  They continue their learning about sound words by exploring selected websites and recording what they hear on a chart.  Those sounds words are then used to create original cinquain poems.
 

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
03/20/2018
Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales
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Students look at ways to compare fairy tales as a genre.  The lessons use Ella Enchanted and The Courageous Princess as a framework for journal writing and reflection from a first-person perspective. The poem "Grethel" is the next literature piece used for comparison of heroines. After analyzing the various texts, students create their own revision using a different format (poem or graphic novel). The series of 4 lessons include a step-by-step instructional plan, printouts which include:
Common elements of a fairy taleSituations for fairy talesComic book primerAdditional website links
Students share out their works and assess their writing with a class-created rubric.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Interactive
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
www.ncte.org
Date Added:
03/14/2017
Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives
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Students become the character through a series of activities in this lesson plan. The plans cover 3-50 minute lessons.  The lesson scaffolds through steps from listing personal character traits into character analysis of a popular example from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  Graphic organizers and charts connect adjectives to character traits,  Lists of character traits are included in the lesson as a beginning framework. An interactive piece is included on the link, allowing students to create their own character charts. A final activity involves students guessing each other based on their use of "strong adjective" descriptions.  All handouts and graphic organizers are readily available on the website.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Interactive
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
http://www.ncte.org/
Date Added:
03/14/2017
Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments
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When students write argumentative or persuasive essays, they often ignore the viewpoints of their opponents, the potential readers of their essays. In this minilesson, students respond to a hypothetical situation by writing about their position on the subject. After sharing their thoughts with the class, students consider the opposite point of view and write about arguments for that position. They then compare their position with that of their potential audience, looking for areas of overlap. They then revise their arguments, with the audience's point of view and areas of commonality in mind. Examining the opposing view allows students to better decide how to counter their opponent logically, perhaps finding common ground from which their arguments might grow. Thus, the activity becomes a lesson not only in choosing arguments but also in anticipating audience reaction and adapting to it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Interactive
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
06/16/2015
A Genre Study of Letters With The Jolly Postman
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In this lesson, The Jolly Postman is used as an authentic example to discuss letter writing as a genre. Students explore the letters to the storybook characters delivered by The Jolly Postman. They then learn how to categorize their own examples of mail. The Jolly Postman uses well-known storybook characters, from fairy tales and nursery rhymes, as recipients of letters. This children's storybook is therefore ideal for using as a review of these genres of literature and as a means of helping children begin to explore rhyme and a variety of writing styles. Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
11/12/2015
Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature Using Graphics
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This lesson is used for discussion of a novel read by the whole class. Working individually and in groups, using symbols, drawings, shapes, and colors, alongside words and quotations, students construct a graphic of their section of the novel using an online tool and then on newsprint or butcher paper with crayons or markers. When all groups have completed their graphics, they will present them to the class, explaining why they chose the elements they used. Finished graphics can be displayed on a class bulletin board, on walls, or on a Web page. Finally, students will write an individual essay analyzing one element of the novel.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
11/03/2015
Martin Luther King Jr.
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This is a lesson on history for students to gain knowledge and understanding of  what makes a hero using Martin Luther King Jr. as the prime example.  Students will explore a time line of Dr. Kings life and the major contribututions he made in order to become a hero.  By exploring his life in detail, the students will be able to compare and contrast their lives with the life of Dr. King. 

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
Primary Source
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
03/20/2018
Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance
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Having explored how Robert Hayden uses consonance, assonance, and alliteration to illustrate a complex relationship between a father and a son in "Those Winter Sundays," students engage in a variety of vocal activities and performance techniques based on word sounds. Students then prepare a recitation of the poem for small group performances and compare their interpretative choices as part of the reflection process.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Formative Assessment
Interim/Summative Assessment
Learning Task
Lesson Plan
Reading
Unit of Study
Provider:
ILA/NCTE
Date Added:
06/16/2015
Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
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This lesson invites students to use their understanding of modern experiences with digital technologies to make active meaning of an older text, such as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, by asking students to create their own modern interpretation of specific events from the drama. Students first brainstorm a list of technologies they use, and then imagine what would happen if Romeo and Juliet were set in a modern-day world and that technology was available to the characters. Students work in small groups to create technology profiles for characters in the play, and then discuss their ideas with the class. Next, students select from a variety of projects in which they re-imagine a scene from the play with modern technology incorporated. Finally, students share their projects with the class and discuss why they made the choices of scene and technology that they did.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
03/20/2018
Style: Translating Stylistic Choices from Hawthorne to Hemingway and Back Again
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This versatile lesson asks students to characterize and mirror the writing styles of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ernest Hemingway. With the aid of handouts provided, students first explore and identify each author's respective style then "translate" a passage written by one author into the style of the next. Finally, students use one of Aesop's Fables as a source for a final translation of either author's style. This lesson is easily adaptable to many different authors and purposes. 

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NCTE
Date Added:
06/16/2015