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Curated OER

Three Coffles Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read about the slave trade in primary source documents. They discuss differences and commonalities in experiences. They write prose or poetry from the point of view of one of the figures from the reading and create a triptych.
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Curated OER

Deerfield Families

For Teachers 4th - 6th
To understand the consequences of the 1704 attack on Deerfield by combined French and Native American forces, groups research primary and secondary resources related to four Deerfield families involved in the attack.
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Curated OER

Tell Me a Whopper!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate tall tales as a literary genre. They listen to a number of tall tales to discover how exaggeration is used as a story element. They write and publish a tall tale using word processing software. They illustrate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Self-Portrait Book

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study self-portraits taken by photographers to explain the technique and symbolism used. They decide what they would like to say about themselves in their images and then, take pictures of each other. They create an iPhoto book.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Still Teaching Lessons To This Generation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Discuss Laurence Yep's novella, Hiroshima, to inspire future historical fiction writers.
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Lesson Planet Article
Lesson Planet

New Books for Black History Month

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Suggested books to help students better understand African American history.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Interactive Reading Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss books they are reading during the semester through e-mail with other students. They complete a reading interest survey, e-mail their partner weekly, and read and suggest six novels by the end of the semester.
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Curated OER

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Dance of the Floreadores, Waltz of the Flowers in the Meter of Duke

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students contrast the meter and style of two different versions of the musical piece, "Waltz of the Flowers." Duke Ellington's meter in the "Dance of the Floreadores" is compared to Tchaikovsky's version in the "Nutcracker."
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Prose Poetry Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Inspired by the vignettes of Sandra Cisneros, students will write about a familiar thing from their lives. Students will use the style of prose poetry to describe something familiar around their home, school or neighborhood. The final...
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TES Global

Tes: Writing: A Poetry Resource by Dorothea Smart

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students can use this activity to help them generate ideas for poetry. An example poem is provided.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Digital Autobiography

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital slideshow...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Onomatopoeia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will identify onomatopoeia in poetry and prose. They will then write their own onomatopoeia poem.

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