Grade 4 ELA Module 2A

Students learn about what life was like in Colonial America. They go on to study the many roles people played in a colonial settlement and how necessary their interdependence was for survival. Students select one role to explore more deeply through various forms of nonfiction texts. With an emphasis on making inferences, summarizing informational text, basic research (note-taking and pulling together information from a variety of texts), this module will foster students’ abilities to synthesize information from multiple sources and integrate research into their writing. At the end of the module, students participate in several critique experiences during the revision process as they write a research-based narrative that vividly describes an event in a colonist’s life.

Material Type: Module

Grade 10 ELA Module 1

In Module 10.1, students engage with literature and nonfiction texts and explore how complex characters develop through their interactions with each other, and how these interactions develop central ideas such as parental and communal expectations, self-perception and performance, and competition and learning from mistakes.

Material Type: Module

Reality Czech

Reality Czech is an openly licensed online curriculum for beginning to intermediate-level Czech students. The course aims to be a highly communicative introduction to Czech language and culture and includes over 240 interview compilation videos shot in the style of a reality TV show on a variety of everyday topics such as daily schedule, hobbies, food and drink, studies, holidays, health, weather, and more. The name Reality Czech reflects not only the centrality of these interviews to the curriculum, but also the textbook’s focus on the vocabulary and constructions Czechs frequently use to talk about everyday topics. The entire course has been shaped by the language used in the interview videos as well as openly licensed content sourced from the internet. Each of the 10 units follows a sequence of pre-class, in-class, and post-class activities ideal for a flipped classroom: - Pre-class activities such as Quizlet vocabulary activities, video and audio with comprehension questions, culture notes, and grammar exercises introduce students to new language. - An activity book for in-class use provides all of the resources an instructor needs to create a communicative classroom experience focused around task-based learning, such as games and activities. - Post-class activities use both exercises and authentic multimedia texts as a catalyst for students to create language. The materials all exist natively online in flexible formats such as Google Docs, and are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, allowing the curriculum to be easily adapted to 100% online delivery.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Christian Hilchey

Word Matrix

Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this tool that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Mystery Cube

The Mystery Cube helps students identify and summarize story elements in this popular genre. It can be used as a postreading or prewriting activity.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Junie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes

Like Junie B. Jones, students will be saying "Wait till you hear this" after listening to a Junie B. story and creating mystery boxes to help retell the story.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Unit of Study

Fact Fragment Frenzy

Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary students with an online model for finding facts in nonfiction text, then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Students as Creators: Exploring Multimedia

Students are introduced to the genre of multimedia presentations through a review and analysis of online presentations. They then apply what they have learned to create their own multimedia presentations.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Unit of Study

And the Question Is... Writing Good Survey Questions

There's no question that students will be able to compose good survey questions by the end of this lesson.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Trading Card Creator

Trading Card Creator This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Book Buddy Biographies: Intermediate and Primary Students Working Together

Students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy, and each child is the author, illustrator, and editor.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Exploring and Sharing Family Stories

Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Digitally Telling the Story of Greek Figures

Learn about Greek gods, heroes, and creatures through digital storytelling produced by students who have learned research techniques.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story

Through a close reading of "Amelia Bedelia", students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A Connotation Minilesson

Students examine familiar car names for underlying connotations then proceed through a series of steps, increasing their control over language, until they select words with powerful connotations in their own writing.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction

Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Unit of Study

Critical Reading: Two Stories, Two Authors, Same Plot?

Students make predictions about the stories and analyze story elements, compare and contrast the different stories, distinguish between fact and opinion, and draw conclusions supported by evidence from their readings.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters

Students analyze World War II posters, as a group and then independently, to explore how argument, persuasion and propaganda differ.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Brochures: Writing for Audience and Purpose

Students create brochures on the same topic as another piece of writing they have done, highlighting how shifting purposes and audiences creates changes in their strategies as writers.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Hero

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.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan