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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: What Good Is a Line?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learn about all the different ways that people use lines. Includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit:our Deportment or the Manners, Conduct, and Dress of Refined Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with an excerpt from "Our Deportment or the Manners, Conduct, and Dress of Refined Society" by John H. Young, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text...
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Host a Pretend Dinner Party (Good Manners)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dress up in party clothes and practice manners and conversation skills at a make-believe dinner party.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Life and Manners of the Romans

For Students 9th - 10th
In this passage of William Morey's 1901 textbook, he discusses the everyday life of the Roman in the early Empire, including clothing, jobs, housing, and marriage customs.
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Other

Wabash College: Introduction to Network Etiquette

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wabash College gives rules not only for internet etiquette, but more specifically for etiquette concerning networks. This site is particularly relevant to college students.
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Congreve and the Comedy of Manners

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Bartelby.com provides a scholarly discussion of William Congreve's introduction of the comedy of manners in the 18th century.
Handout
Other

Dj Zone: What to Say When Someone Calls

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives great tips for answering the phone in the most efficient and polite manner possible. Pretty good overview of basic telephone skills.
Unit Plan
ACT360 Media

Act Den: Outlook Express Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to master Outlook Express? This fun and informative tutorial uses colorful activities and interactive quizzes to teach learners the basics of this e-mail software. The tutorial covers: sending and receiving e-mail, fancy...
Unit Plan
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Washington Square" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Washington Square" 36-page teacher guide features in-depth background materials, genre studies, suggested themes, and elements of fiction. Also includes discussion questions, vocabulary studies, post-reading activities, and group and...
Professional Doc
Other

Literature Circles Resource Center: Teaching Students How to Discuss

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Teachers are given strategies and hands-on approaches to help students prepare for a discussion and participate as active members of it.
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Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Be Polite

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Manners can get us a long way! This brief e-book teaches us to be polite.
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Alma: Setting the Tone

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover more about personal letter writing when you use this informative site from the Adult Literacy Media Alliance. This site gives you tips on how to set the tone of your personal letter. This is an excellent resource for all ages.
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Other

How to Create a Great First Impression

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how to make good initial immpressions by developing adequate telephone skills. Students who practice these skills will be more prepared for job interviews and careers.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Education "Respect"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will be implemented as part of a character education unit on integrity. Students will apply research skills, open-ended discussions, and cooperative learning experiences to investigate the meaning of "respect." Practicing...
Article
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Telephone Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you need to make a professional phone call? Before you pick up the phone, explore these telephone skills that allow you to communicate like a pro.
Lesson Plan
Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Let's Do Lunch! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this project is to teach students the life skills they need when dining in public. The project begins with a discussion of eating out and the students are polled as to how often, if ever, they eat in a restaurant with...
Article
College Grad

College Grad: Job Search Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource explains how to set up a "control center" to organize your job search much like a business.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Email Clarifying Questions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
At the end of this activity, students will demonstrate the use of commas, clarifying questions, and a friendly letter format by sending an email. Email is part of student's lives, and it is part of the digital landscape they will need to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Tables Gone Wild"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What's going on with this "Wild Table?" This lesson is designed to help the learner work collabaratively, creatively as well as separately to properly set the dinner table. This lesson will also infuse ways to make the table relevant to...
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Other

Ntlf: Class Participation Assessment Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This rubric is a means of restricting the subjective element in an assessment process of a Socratic dialogue, which inevitably has a subjective aspect. It suggests that students should be scored on the basis on the teacher's...
Handout
Digital History

Digital History: History of Private Life an Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital History provides a look at various cultures and traditions of mankind through the ages. Discusses the purpose and values of the private life.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How to Set the Table Correctly

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Family and Consumer Science (FACS) portion of this lesson provides opportunities for students to utilize acceptable guidelines for table setting. A basic computer research component familiarizes students with fundamental processes of...
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Savvas Learning

Penguin: Reading Guide: A Room With a View [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This reading guide provides a critical introduction, background biographical information, and a number of questions to spark discussion about the book. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan: The American Flag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson from the (9-11-01) PBS, "America Responds," series where students examine the history, importance, and pride associated with the American Flag. This lesson engages students in discussion and a variety of "patriotic" activities...

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