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Raising Students Awareness of Intonation at Discourse Level
Students develop their listening strategies, by raising their awareness of intonation at discourse level, particularly pitch level.
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Bob Marley - Legend Episode #3 - Lesson 4
Learners analyze and describe Reggae music using correct musical terms to discuss tonality, instrumentation, meter and tempo. They experiment with singing and dancing to Reggae music in a style appropriate to the genre.
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Getting There: "Do You Want To Go To California?"
Students, in groups, participate in a variety of activities regarding the rise of Anglo-American immigration in the 1840s and its impact upon California. They discuss immigration from the West and the East as it influenced the culture of...
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Self Care Goals For Health
Students analyze potentially stressful situations to determine the degree of control an individual has over my own behaviors. They develop a behavior change plan that includes rehearsal as a means to promote frequency of replacement of...
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On Becoming Husbands/Wives/Mothers/Fathers
Students are introduced to becoming wives, husbands, mothers and fathers. In groups, they define what love means to them and discuss why they believe many people are rushing to marriage and parenthood. To end the lesson, they discuss...
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Understanding Human Rights Through Music And Poetry
Tenth graders discuss human rights. They brainstorm and listen to and read examples of music and poetry that deal with human rights and oppression. They choose one poem or song to analyze, looking for theme, oppression, and historical...
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Visualizations of Children's Rights
Students analyze video cartoons and article from Convention on the Rights of the Child, create visual picture to define and explain specific rights, present and explain choice of materials and images, and form opinions on how they...
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Flowera of the Prairie
Young scholars with severe disabilities view pictures of flowers in a scanning box and identify them. Outside, they locate flowers on the school's property, label and care for them. Students use flower pictures to aid identification.
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Language Arts: Predicting and Clarifying Techniques
First graders discover predicting and clarifying skills while reading "The Old Woman and Her Pig." During the reading, they check their predictions while evaluating the characters, setting, problems, and solution. On the second day,...
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Arts & Entertainment/Production Marketing
Students demonstrate a comprehension and a tasteful appreciation of the creative and performing arts. They seek, experiments, and shares reactions of different forms of art. Students analyze and reflect on others' work. They recognize...
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Number The Stars
Students read a book about prejudices that occur in our daily lives. They describe characters in the book. Students discuss real life events of World War II and the Holocaust. Students simulate hiding Jews from the German soldiers. ...
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Students complete a review of the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" in preparation for an exam. Working in groups, they participate in a review game of Jeopard. The game serves to review the terms and themes related to...
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Incomplete dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleles
Young scholars explore the principles of incomplete dominance and codominance in genes. They apply genetic previously discussed genetic principles to determine solutions to inheritance problems including multiple alleles, incomplete...
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NS 7 Fungi , Protists
Students identify characteristics of kingdoms Protista and Fungi. They complete a worksheet of protists and fungi. Students review the familiar characteristics of plants, animals, bacteria and viruses. They need to familiarize...
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NS 6: Monerans, Viruses
Pupils compare the structures and functions of viruses and bacteria relating their impact on other organisms. They review the main vertebrate groups. Students are describing the characteristics of the main group of vertebrates: fishes,...
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Evidence of Change
Pupils identify evidence of change in species using fossils, anatomical similarities, and embryology. They identify homologous structures and arrange the steps of fossil formation. Students complete a group of selection of organisms by...
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Classroom Rules and Procedures
Students participate in a brief introduction to the classroom rules and procedures. They role play the proper procedures for maintaining a productive classroom atmosphere. Rules and parent letters are distributed and discussed
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Language Arts: Creative Writing Devices
Eighth graders review sound and rhythm devices and apply them to their own writing exercises. Next, they interpret the poem, "Where I'm From," as an example of a personal narrative. Using their understanding of poetic devices, they...
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Literature: Poetic Devices Review
Tenth graders examine poems by Shel Silverstein and identify literary elements in them. The exercise is part of an examination review about poetic elements. The review concludes with students writing nature poems displaying the devices...
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Teaching Language Arts with Sayings and Phrases
Students complete a unit to learn sayings and phrases that help them understand language art concepts. In this sayings and phrases lesson, students complete 11 lessons that use common sayings and phrases to teach language art concepts...
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Kate Fowler: Tory Spy
Fourth graders study the American Revolution and several key aspects and people involved in it. In this American Revolution lesson plan, 4th graders study the land grant for British colonists. Students read the 'The Legend of Kate...
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Analysis and Compare and Contrast
Learners study images to analyze their content and complete a compare and contrast study of the pictures. In this image analysis lesson, students complete two worksheets of images with captions. Learners compare and contrast the images...
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Visual Learning: Are You Really What You Wear?
Students analyze a photograph to complete a visual learning activity. In this visual learning lesson, students analyze the photograph and follow step process to identify the facts within the picture. Students analyze the photo caption...
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The Civil War
Eleventh graders study selected prints and/or photos and consider how Americans of the 19th century chose to present themselves to other Americans and the world by means of visual images. They share their observations and opinions.