Students work on a guided characterization project, using a graphic map to …
Students work on a guided characterization project, using a graphic map to illustrate the ways a character from a book series grows and evolves over the course of the story.
This lesson provides ideas for celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by …
This lesson provides ideas for celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by encouraging students to explore the connections between Dr. King and themselves through journaling and inquiry-based research.
Tells the story of how the Slinky, the most popular toy in …
Tells the story of how the Slinky, the most popular toy in American history, was invented. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenge: Develop a commercial about the Slinky.
A document is included in the resources folder that lists the complete standards-alignment for this book activity.
Using The Giver, students discuss the importance recorded history. This provides context …
Using The Giver, students discuss the importance recorded history. This provides context for descriptive writing of students own history in a lesson that integrates personal writing, research, and literary response.
Students prepare an already published scholarly article for presentation, with an emphasis …
Students prepare an already published scholarly article for presentation, with an emphasis on identification of the author's thesis and argument structure.
After reading “The Most Dangerous Game” students will comb through the text …
After reading “The Most Dangerous Game” students will comb through the text to pull out the best examples of imagery from the story. They will work together in groups of three to collect five examples (per person) of imagery. Students must be able to see each other’s examples, so they don’t repeat them, but also help each other identify which imagery is being documented.
A young girl has a wonderful idea to make the most MAGNIFICENT …
A young girl has a wonderful idea to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! But making her magnificent thing is anything but easy, and the girl repeatedly tries and fails. Eventually, she quits, but a walk with her dog and time to think, she comes back to her project with renewed enthusiasm and manages to get it just right. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenge: Create small groups. Pass out one of the challenges listed in the lesson plan/book card to each group for them to come up with an invention that will solve the problem at hand.
A document is included in the resources folder that lists the complete standards-alignment for this book activity.
Students read and discuss literature about intolerance and diversity. They work with …
Students read and discuss literature about intolerance and diversity. They work with a partner to write two-voice poems that illustrate situations of intolerance at their school and suggest a step toward acceptance.
After analyzing "Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia" by Carmen Lomas Garza, students create …
After analyzing "Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia" by Carmen Lomas Garza, students create a class book with artwork and information about their ancestry, traditions, and recipes, followed by a potluck lunch.
This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the …
This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.
By exploring myths and truths surrounding Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, students think …
By exploring myths and truths surrounding Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, students think critically about commonly believed stories regarding this famous speech from the Civil War era.
In this lesson, students practice a way to communicate without words by …
In this lesson, students practice a way to communicate without words by using a glyph. They create a name card using information about themselves. Students also interpret glyphs made by others.
Students demonstrate their letter/sound knowledge by working with name cards and sharing …
Students demonstrate their letter/sound knowledge by working with name cards and sharing observations about their classmates names, giving teachers an opportunity to assess knowledge in a meaningful context.
Students name unnamed chapters in a novel they are reading. They discuss …
Students name unnamed chapters in a novel they are reading. They discuss possible chapter names, considering accuracy, word choice, and connotation, before settling on a choice.
Students explore naming conventions in digital and non-digital settings then choose and …
Students explore naming conventions in digital and non-digital settings then choose and explain specific names and profiles to represent themselves online.
Using Beloved as a model of a work with multiple narrative perspectives, …
Using Beloved as a model of a work with multiple narrative perspectives, students use a visualizing activity and close reading to consider ways in which subjective values shape contradictory representations.
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