Curated OER
Express Yourself!
Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.
Curated OER
Episode # 158A
Students research the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and determine how they can contribute to community projects.
Curated OER
The Periodic Table
Eleventh graders examine the history and development of the periodic table and properties of elements. They complete worksheets, take notes during a teacher-led discussion, and produce their own periodic table.
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Understanding Artifacts
Students will develop a greater awareness of the things surrounding them and will be able to build a bridge between their own material culture and that of an imaginary figure from the past. This activity focuses on the significance of...
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About The Author Lesson 4
Fourth graders engage in a lesson plan that continues the creation of a specialized Microsoft Word document. They practice creating art using Wordart and inserting images into the document with a paragraph attached. One of the main...
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The Lady or the Tiger
Eighth graders make predictions on the topic of a story based on the title and the preview. After reading the story, they analyze what took place and create a graphic organizer explaining what they think would have happened had the...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers that students can use to plan their written pieces. Graphic organizers for all modes of writing are provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Can You Convince Me?: Developing Persuasive Writing
This effective tool for teaching persuasive writing contains thorough lesson plans which encourage students to take a stance and create arguments to support their position. Contains printable worksheets, rubrics, a PowerPoint...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Collaborative Prewriting and Drafting
A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Teaching Writing to Diverse Student Populations
Writing is a complex operation requiring knowledge of text structure, syntax, vocabulary, and topic, and sensitivity to audience needs; so it is not surprising that many teens find writing challenging. This article identifies the...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing
An interactive tool to help teachers and parents learn more about writing. Here, writing samples from real kids provide examples and next-step guidance for students from pre-K to third grade.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing
This Daily Teaching Tools collection provides graphic organizers for writing. Elaborate graphic organizers for the following areas are provided: persuasive essays, expository essays, paragraph writing, fiction pieces, narrative writing,...
Other
Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Analyzing Symbolism, Plot, and Theme in "Death and the Miser"
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to apply literary analysis tools to the painting "Death and the Miser" by Hieronymous Bosch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
ICT Games
Ict Games: Pre Loaded Dictionary for Years 1 and 2
A resource that lists vocabulary words for guided writing.
Other
Hong Kong Education City: English Campus
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
Other
Ncte: "Can We Blog About This?": Amplifying Student Voice in Secondary Language
This article describes blogging implementation in ninth-grade pre-advanced placement language arts classes to support strong writing practices. The author found that blogging empowered high school authors to craft worlds of digital...