This lesson follows a similar format as Lesson 3. Students draft their “Back Again” poems for the end of unit assessment.
In this lesson, students peer critique the first drafts of their “Inside Out” and “Back Again” poems using the Stars and Steps process. Students then use this feedback to revise their poems.
In this lesson, students begin by reviewing teacher feedback on their “Inside Out” and “Back Again” poems (from the mid-unit assessment and the end of unit assessment). They then use the relevant parts of this feedback to guide their revisions to both poems.
In this lesson, students read and analyze the Model Readers TheaterOne-Scene Script (from Lesson 14) to generate criteria of an effective Readers Theater script that they can then apply when drafting their own scripts later in today’s lesson.
In this lesson, students continue to work on their Readers' Theatre scripts.
In this lesson, groups write a conclusion for their script. Note that this may be challenging to do as a group, so first they review a model and then they orally rehearse a conclusion together before writing.
In this lesson, students peer-critique the character confession narrative of a peer against the Character Confessional Narrative anchor chart.
This activity emphasizes the importance of teaching reading and writing strategies for students to use with informational text.
Students read about what it"™s like to be a Muslim teenager growing up in America at this moment, then consider ideas for countering stereotypes and Islamophobia. Lessons include guided informational readings, research and writing suggestions, videos, and resources to continue the discussion.
Harriet Tubman's first journey to Canada on the Underground Railroad is fraught with danger, harsh conditions, and uncertainty. In order to keep her disillusioned party of runaway slaves safe during the long journey, she bolsters their spirits by telling stories of freedom and singing spirituals. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
The hero's journey is an ancient story pattern that can be found in texts from thousands of years ago or in newly released Hollywood blockbusters. This interactive tool will provide students with background on the hero's journey and give them a chance to explore several of the journey's key elements. Students can use the tool to record examples from a hero's journey they have read or viewed or to plan out a hero's journey of their own.
In this lesson students will collect and create bumper stickers to examine how writing can influence people.
In this lesson students use a school map to create a charted course and a corresponding written description of the directions for travel from class to class, beginning with an arrival location in the morning and ending with a departure location in the afternoon.
In this lesson students analyze comics for samples of logical, emotional, and ethical appeal (ethos, logos, pathos). Students then write a paragraph for each selected comic strip explaining how the comic strip represents the use of each rhetorical appeal.
An interactive resource on writing business emails.
In this interactive lesson students will learn the basics of how to write their own poem by matching words with one of the five senses, identifing how the senses are used in writing, writing a poem, and using details.
Students analyze the work of winners of the Learning Network's 2014 Student Editorial Contest as well as professional models from the Times editorial pages to learn how writers effectively introduce and respond to counterarguments. Then they write their own position pieces, incorporating counterarguments to strengthen their claims.
These excerpts from Maya Angelou’s autobiography describe important points in her childhood. First Angelou describes the importance of her Grandmother’s store. Later, when she becomes withdrawn and unhappy, Mrs. Flowers takes an interest in her and encourages her to read aloud and share her thoughts. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
This lesson will use the "infinite variety" of resources on the Internet to let students find their own image of Othello. The lesson will take them on a WebQuest, first to textual references, and then to on-line searches for images of Othello in film, play productions, and art. Then, students will write an essay about the casting of Othello to conclude the lesson.
This poem was written in letter format and was addressed to the U.S. authorities in response to Executive Order 9066. Executive Order 9066, dated February 19, 1942, authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan. The speaker of this poem is a fourteen-year-old girl, who stresses that she is an American. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this poem through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.