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Original Children's Books
Bring the fun and creativity of children's stories to your language arts class. Middle schoolers write, revise, and publish an original student book which incorporates the elements of a short story. They put their story in the form of a...
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"A MLA Style of Life"
Middle schoolers effectively research using the internet, encylopedias, magazines and newspapers. They desegregate into needed and un-needed information based on their research findings. Pupils recognize and appropriately site sources...
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Audience-Smash Hits case study
Middle schoolers become familiar with the term audience after examining a story about the magazine Smash Hits and its decision to quit publication. After students study the magazine and methods currently used to receive music news, they...
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The Media is the Lesson
Students work as a member of a creative team and develop a media campaign for a client.
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Big Cats Sounds
Students explore the sounds of big cats. In this animal science instructional activity, students listen to the sounds of the big cats, such as lions and tiger, on a suggested website. Students research how the big cats use their sounds...
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Study of an Artist
Fourth graders research an artist, write a short report and do an oral presentation.
EL Education
El Education: Bacterium Weekly
Middle school students from the North Kirkwood Middle School in Kirkwood, Missouri, created this scientific magazine as part of a study of bacteria. After doing background research, a small group of students created this magazine to...