Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Peanut/peanut Butter
During this lesson learners navigate the Internet to learn about the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. Students explore the history of peanuts and sample different types of peanuts. They use their five senses to write a...
Harold D. Underdown
Derailed by Details
A helpful site for writers which gives the proper perspective in assessing the detail involved in your writing. Provides examples of how to include exciting, relevant details when writing fiction.
Other
Cardiff University: The Physiology of Taste: Taste (Gustation)
This is a tutorial on the sense of taste. It provides a detailed description of the taste buds and the chemistry involved in taste.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Additional Webs
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers. Students will be able to plan the writing of summaries, paragraphs, and literary responses.
PBS
Nova: The Hunt
Learn more about the six senses that sharks use to hunt. Descriptions and pictures of each sensory organ are provided.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Bizarre Foods With Ralph Fletcher: A Narrative Revision Lesson
In this instructional activity, Ralph Fletcher's writing style is introduced to student writers. Students will write a rough draft about a time they ate, or a time when they saw someone else eat, something unusual. Then students will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Wordly Wise
Students will learn how to use better word choices by completing a cloze activity, listening to A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, and completing a word web.