As a way to support teachers with English Language Arts (ELA) instruction …
As a way to support teachers with English Language Arts (ELA) instruction during the pandemic, the NCDPI ELA team created choice boards featuring standards-aligned ELA activities.The intended purpose of these choice boards is to provide a way for students to continue standards-based learning while schools are closed. Each activity can be adapted and modified to be completed with or without the use of digital tools. Many activities can also be repeated with different texts. These standards-based activities are meant to be a low-stress approach to reinforcing and enriching the skills learned during the 2019-2020 school year. The choice boards are to be used flexibly by teachers, parents, and students in order to meet the unique needs of each learner.Exploration activities are provided for a more self-directed or guided approach to independent learning for students. These activities and sites should be used as a way to explore concepts, topics, skills, and social and emotional competencies that interest the learner.
Elizabeth I is the biography of Queen Elizabeth who reigned in England …
Elizabeth I is the biography of Queen Elizabeth who reigned in England for 45 years from 1558 to 1603. Milton Meltzer chronologically highlights her birth into parliament rule, her historical influence on England’s political system and her untimely death that brought the end to a dynasty. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.
This three-part lesson introduces students to the use of speedwriting (also called …
This three-part lesson introduces students to the use of speedwriting (also called free writing) as a prewriting technique. Learning the technique of speedwriting allows students to generate a foundation of ideas on which they can build a narrative structure. The goal is to fill up the blank page without worrying about grammar, spelling, or even coherence. Students then identify key ideas and phrases in their speedwriting, and use a graphic Story Organizer to develop the ideas into the main elements of a story (exposition, rising action, climax, conclusion).
In this unit, students examine story elements and vocabulary associated with mystery …
In this unit, students examine story elements and vocabulary associated with mystery stories through Directed Learning–Thinking Activities and then track these features as they read mystery books from the school or classroom library. Several activities at the Millennium Mystery Madness website, plus a story map project, add to their understanding and appreciation of the mystery genre. Students plan their own original mystery stories with the help of the interactive Mystery Cube, peer edit and revise their stories, and publish them online.
In this lesson, students use a newspaper employment advertisement and work together …
In this lesson, students use a newspaper employment advertisement and work together to rewrite the ad using complete sentences. Student then rewrite the advertisement.
This resource includes one poem, with an accompanying link to the poem …
This resource includes one poem, with an accompanying link to the poem being read aloud, and nine text-dependent questions (including one optional constructed-response prompt for students), and explanatory information for teachers regarding alignment to the CCSS.
Students will begin to take what they have learned about human rights, …
Students will begin to take what they have learned about human rights, the UN and apply it to an issue that is important to them. Students will work together to write a simple UN resolution to address that issue and present it to the class through a model UN activity. The lesson meets NCDPI global education goals such as investigating the world, recognizing perspectives, communicating ideas and taking action. Note: This lesson was created in accordance with the 7th Grade Social Studies Essential Standards and the VIF/Participate Global Competence Indicators for Grade 7. For more information about VIF/Participate and these indicators, please visit https://www.participate.com/. This lesson was developed by Lindsey Gallagher as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
There is often a lot of confusion on when to use good …
There is often a lot of confusion on when to use good vs well. This lesson will clear up the confusion! Students will watch a youtube video on this, play a game, and end the lesson with a writing assignment where they will show their mastery of the concept.
In this lesson, students will revise their essays. Have independent activities ready …
In this lesson, students will revise their essays. Have independent activities ready for students who finish revising early. Teacher will provide a custom created mini lesson on common conventions errors.
In this lesson, students consolidate their understanding of Excerpt 4 by reviewing …
In this lesson, students consolidate their understanding of Excerpt 4 by reviewing the answers to the second read questions and then telling a section of the story using the strategies from the Storyteller’s Toolbox anchor chart.
This is the final lesson that focuses on Excerpt 4. Students briefly …
This is the final lesson that focuses on Excerpt 4. Students briefly discuss the third read questions they completed for homework. Then, they return to their small groups from Lesson 4 to complete the Excerpt 4 Analysis note-catcher.
In this lesson, students learn the difference between a narrative and a …
In this lesson, students learn the difference between a narrative and a summary. This will make it easier for them to turn their summary of an episode from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass into an engaging story.
In this lesson, students begin writing the first drafts of their children’s …
In this lesson, students begin writing the first drafts of their children’s books. Before they begin writing, you teach the first of three mini lessons on the narrative writer’s tools. Today students learn about show-not-tell and sensory details.
In this lesson, students write book reviews for their independent reading books. …
In this lesson, students write book reviews for their independent reading books. Students also work on their children’s book illustrations. Finally, as their End of Unit 3 Assessment, students turn in a packet of work that includes their second draft of their Storyboard, plus related materials: their first draft, the rubric, a self-assessment, and their I Heart Revisions worksheet.
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