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Electronic Journals about Latin American Folktales
Learners exchange folktales with a key-pal using dialog journal writing. They write out a folktale from their own cultural background and exchange it with students of another. They record their impressions of each other's folktales.
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Travel Brochure/ Itinerary
Students create a travel brochure and a 7-day itinerary by selecting a country of their choice.
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Travel Brochure/ Itinerary
Young scholars create a travel brochure and a 7-day itinerary by selecting a country of their choice. They utilize educational software and use word processing to finish their product.
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Tell Me a Story
Tenth graders read short story, "The Storyteller" by Saki, and expand on concept of stories for students by reading and evaluating several popular students's stories as well as writing their own original students's stories.
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Building God's House
Students explore identifying some basic areas and items within the church and their importance. They participate in a church tour, building an interior and exterior model of a church with grounds (parking lot, cemetery, etc.), a church...
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Writing News Interviews
Students write ten facts for a topic of choice. They describe why they chose that topic and begin to research it. They complete a handout on note taking that is used to draft questions for interviews.
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Book Report Database and Author E-mail Project
Students read a number of books by a given author and input information into a database. They e-mail information about their favorite author to other students. They focus on story elements and ask questions or make suggestions for future...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information
Students develop a business card to market them. In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them. Students create a logo or graphic design that is professional and...
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The Civil War--Reading on the Internet
Students grasp how to read from text and retain it. They use reading comprehension strategies specific to the Internet. They search for answers to questions related to the Civil War.
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Travel Brochure/ Itinerary
Students select and research a country of their choice and create a travel brochure and a 7-day itinerary.
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Choral Speaking: The Frog On The Log
Students recite the poem, The Frog on the Log, paying particular attention to precise diction, pacing, projection, inflection, volume and rhythm.
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Prediction Using On-Line Stories!
Fifth graders analyze the elements of an online story. In this online story lesson, 5th graders analyze the title, pictures, and other information for an online story. Students predict what the text is about and complete a prediction chart.
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Colors, Colors What Do You See?
Students study their colors by reading a book Brown, Bear, Brown Bear and take pictures of colors. In this color recognition lesson, students read the book and sing a song about colors. Students then take pictures of various colors using...
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Making Handbound Books
Students make handbound books. In this book making lesson, students make handbound books by following the 7 steps. Students may use the books for a variety of subjects.
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Choose a Book You'll Like
Students discuss reasons we choose the books we want to read and their own personal reading preferences. They complete class and personal charts that help them select books to read.
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Second Grade Science Textbooks
Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.
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The Shape of Disaster - Current Event- Swine Flu/Hurricanes/Tornadoes/Wild Fire
Students create a disaster preparation book. In this disaster preparation lesson, students research disasters and use the kidspiration program to create a shape to represent each disaster. They create a page for each disaster.
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Plot and Conflict
Students review the literary elements of plot and conflict. In this plot and conflict instructional activity, students read a story and answer questions about the plot and conflict within. Students create a concept map for the novel to...
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Life Map
Learners compose plans for their futures. In this writing lesson plan, students create life maps of past events and predict future events. They brainstorm events of their lives and decide which ones are most pertinent to the...
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Students participate in an alternative reading assessment using a video camera and script. In this alternative reading lesson, students work as a group to perform their reading story. students memorize their lines and film their play.
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The World Without Nouns
Students study nouns. In this nouns lesson, students take pictures of themselves doing an activity. Students use Adobe Photoshop to color a major noun in the picture. Students use Keynote or PowerPoint to create a slideshow with the...
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Literature is Alive and Everywhere
Students discuss things that are valuable and things that are beautiful. In this ode lesson, students look for something beautiful that inspires them and take a picture of it. Students write an ode to one of the beautiful objects...
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American Literature: An Oblique Introduction
Eleventh graders research journals and periodicals of different accounts of Columbus and Latin America. They examine indigenous civilizations and design their own curriculum based on the information they have gathered.
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Good Schools For Everyone
Pupils work in groups in order to brainstorm the type of criteria needed to assess the quality of a secondary school. They use several case studies to establish the context for coming up with ideas. Then students conduct research into...