Students will read a description of and passages from one of President Kennedy's speeches in 1962. Students will then write a conclusion for the speech. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
Students will read a noun and a thesis statement, and use them to write an introduction to an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
Students will read a description of various types of leads for introductory paragraphs. Students will then read two thesis statements and write two different kinds of leads to go with the the thesis statements. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
Students will read a description of an introductory paragraph, as well as two topics and ideas for main points. Students will then write introductory paragraphs incorporating the topics, ideas, and thesis statements. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
Students will read a description of various types of leads to include in introductions. Students will then read two thesis statements and write two different leads for each statement. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
Students will read a description of introductory paragraphs, as well as topics and main points. Students will then write introductory paragraphs that include the topics, main points, and thesis statements. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
Students will read a description and an example of personification. Students will then read phrases and write words and paragraphs that use personification. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.
In this story, the main character, Margaret is affected by the loss of her father and then the loss of her best friend who moves away. As she adapts to that change she discovers new talents and new friends. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments;
In this lesson, students research the various types of clouds using print and online materials. Then students write haikus using the Haiku App or the Haiku Poem Interactive, but they do not include the names of the clouds. The students share their haikus and guess what type of cloud each haiku describes.
WWII has started and Jimbo Kurasaki and his mother and brother have been confined to an internment camp because they are Japanese. He is not happy, but he copes by deciding that war “makes people crazy.†In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
The following series of activities for the classroom allow students to explore and interact with poetry by writing letters to poets.
This teacher's guide for Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle contains information about the book, discussion questions and prompts, activity suggestions including a readers theater, and ways to connect the themes in the book to other subjects.
This teacher's guide for Little Green by Chun Yu includes background information on the Cultural Revolution, discussion questions, activities, writing practices, and collaborative exercises.
Four to five person teams will research and present an in-depth TV news special about the Holocaust for the Passover Sedar holiday. Students will conduct research and assume a specific task of their news team to present a main story in a newscast/Podcast.
Students will have an opportunity to develop such "live interviews" with ancient athletes; working in small groups, they will produce a script based on the results of their research and they will perform the interview for other students in the class.
The Lost City of the Aztecs is about the demise of the Aztec Empire and how Montezuma, the last Aztec emperor, reacted to the arrival of the Spaniards at Tenochtitlan in 1519. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
Students will explore the personalities of the Revolutionary War's Patriots and Loyalists by participating in a character role play. The lesson will culminate with students researching and writing a character sketch of a key Revolutionary figure of their choice and participating in a Colonial Town Hall & Debate.
Rather than extending a two-page paper to five pages by restating facts, philosophizing aimlessly, or simply making things up, students engaging in this revision lesson learn how to make the cut. In Zinsser’s guide for nonfiction writing, he states, “The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components”
In this lesson, students will use the individual experience of Mary McLeod Bethune to analyze choice, its affects on social equality, and impact on their own life experiences.
In this lesson students examine how imagery is used to represent ideas, themes, periods of history, and make cultural connections to poem, "Still I Rise." Students will reflect through written expression how resiliency is in their lives, school, and community.