In this lesson, students begin by working in small groups to analyze differences and similarities among a selection of comics from a variety of subgenres. Based on their discussion, they determine what subgenres are represented and divide the comics accordingly. Students then analyze the professional comics' uses of conventions such as layout and page design. Finally, they create their own comics using an online tool.

In this lesson, students learn of Davy Crocket who becomes an American Hero by saving the Earth. Students utilize reading skills to respond to questions about the text and demonstrate understanding.

Students will learn the characteristics of tall tales, reflect on a historical moment, and discover why David Crockett and others like him became important figures in American frontier history.

In this lesson, students use comprehension skills to discuss and respond to questions about a text.

This activity provides a reading log with a focus on Depth and Complexity ideas. Students will record their independent reading minutes and ideas about their reading.
After competing their book, students will use their Depth and Complexity Reading Log notes to create a digital book review to be shared with other students. A guide is included for students to use as they create their digital book review as well as a script. The teacher selects the digital platform that students will use to create their review (Flipgrid, Google Slides, WeVideo).

Students will use literary elements to show similarities and differences of today's society to the past. Using the book, Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White students will be able to compare and contrast the characters Gypsies and Woodrows dilemmas in life to situations taking place in the home, society, and school today.

In this lesson, students will look behind the story at the historical, social, and cultural circumstances that shape the narrative throughout Esperanza Rising. The lesson also invites students to contemplate some of the changes Esperanza undergoes as she grows into a responsible young woman and the contradictions that she experiences.

In this lesson, students will examine the various cultural aspects of those enslaved, such as the important roles played by family names, food and religion, in shaping their identities.  Students will also explore how those same aspects continue to shape our own cultures today.

In this lesson, The Jolly Postman is used as an authentic example to discuss letter writing as a genre. Students explore 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.

In this lesson, students investigate and analyze the historical context of the Revolutionary War song, "Yankee Doodle." As a culminating activity, students will be asked to create their own additional verses about George Washington to the tune of the song.

Students will begin this unit of study by doing personal reflections on events in their personal life that have changed the way they live. Once students reflect on events they will be introduced to the Great Depression using Nearpod. Students will then begin to read and study about the Great Depression using a variety of texts. They will then take the knowledge they have learned to complete two activities. Students will work with a partner to create a Google Slide Digital Scrapbook that they will share out and be graded on using a rubric provided. The next activity will require students to create a digital comic strip that will summarize the main idea and viewpoints in an excerpt from “Bud, Not Buddy”.

Three Column Notes based on the Novel: The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

In this exercise, students will compare two books of the same genre and similar topics using questions that require students to demonstrate understanding of a text by referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers.

This unit is designed for students to learn to make judgments and decisions based on facts, and to use informational and imaginative speech to present their personal viewpoint and opinion to others. Students experience, first hand, taxation without representation, and will develop a very real sense for the need to preserve the inherent freedoms of man. Using the American flag as a graphic organizer, students will develop a clear understanding of the actions and reactions of the American colonists to British rule and to our most important national holiday, the 4th of July. Historically significant events will be studied and organized through exploration of facts and opinions and interaction with informational text and class discussion.

Students will learn how to identify theme using anchor charts, graphic organizers and OER resources.  Text ranges from short stories to folk tales to poetry.  Final assignment has students reading and evaluating 3 passages to determine a common theme.

This is an online exploration poetry lesson. Students will navigate through aninteractive PowerPoint presentation and complete different tasks while acquiring knowledge on the various aspects of poetry.

In this lesson, students analyze "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus and explain its importance as an example of how the Statue of Liberty continues to bring meaning to different groups of people.

In this lesson, students generate their own list of superheroes from popular culture. They work in groups to read selected books and develop a list of superhero traits from these titles. They then compare the book superheroes with their pop culture counterparts using the online Venn Diagram or the Venn Diagram mobile app. Finally, students explore individual superheroes from multiple perspectives, using a list of guiding questions that encourages them to consider how superheroes might differ depending on audience, gender, or setting.

The lessons in this unit provide you with an opportunity to use online resources to further enliven your students' encounter with Greek mythology, to deepen their understanding of what myths meant to the ancient Greeks, and to help them appreciate the meanings that Greek myths have for us today. In the lessons below, students will learn about Greek conceptions of the hero, the function of myths as explanatory accounts, the presence of mythological terms in contemporary culture, and the ways in which mythology has inspired later artists and poets.

Students will read a description of and passage from one of Aesop's works, events, questions, vocabulary, definitions, idioms, and a writing prompt. Students will write short answers, quotations to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.