Proofreading Symbols Lesson Plans

Students explore life as a pioneer in the late 1890's. In this appreciation of history instructional activity, students read excerpts from My Antonia. Students create presentations about life and culture in Nebraska.  Students write an original short story to demonstrate their knowledge of pioneer life.

Seventh graders assume different roles to determine the cause of a possible virus outbreak in their school. They must investigate the symptoms reported and determine the virus causing these conditions, analyze the body systems affected as well as the possible outcome, and develop suggestions for treatment and prevention.

Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.

Students investigate proofreading marks. In this proofreading lesson, students evaluate a paragraph for editing mistakes. Students correct mistakes and return to the teacher.

Students choose a piece of writing from their portfolios to be published on the World Wide Web. They edit their work so that the document is free of errors and then publish it on the Internet.

Students will use Microsoft Publisher to create e-zines. The lesson crosses the subjects of Language Arts, Technology, and Social Studies. Students will also use images and designs to be integrated into their projects.

Students determine which stories should be included in their first school newspaper, and who be responsible for which tasks.

Sudents read and critique three of their fellow classmates' science fiction short stories on three consecutive days for mechanics, short story elements, style, and informational elements.

Introduce your class to the techniques of proper writing. In groups, they brainstorm their ideas on family structures and discuss the importance of having a male figure in their lives. After listening to an African-American poem, they take notes on the elements used in the writings. To end the lesson, they develop their own starters to stories they are going to write.

Students research a musician or composer of their choice and present their research through a written paper and free choice activity. This lesson can be done over the course of five to six classes with some homework. The paper correlates with the English Language Arts Curriculum as set forth by the NC Standards.