Curated OER
Pendemonium: The Italian Job
Students identify prefixes, roots, and suffixes. For this grammar rules lesson, students analyze word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Curated OER
Mariposas
Students examine how animals use camouflage for survival. For this investigative lesson students define vocabulary words and see how it is the environment that controls which adaptations will help in survival.
Curated OER
Storytelling and Drawing
Students orally retell the Yosemite Miwok legends and design accompanying artistic depictions. They discover the various storytelling elements, such as plot and theme.
Curated OER
Michigan Supreme Court
Pupils read articles on a hot topic (controverial topic) and prepare for a discussion on the article. They engage in forming an opinion on an important public concern and defending their opinion/position with supporting data. They...
Curated OER
The Physical Setting
Ninth graders study the configuration of atoms in molecules to see that it determines the molecule's properties. In this chemistry lesson students divide into groups and complete their assigned task.
Curated OER
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Students share their prior knowledge of WMD, discuss how the U.S. has responded to this threat and what changes, if any, the US should take for the future. They role-play as national secruty advisor while participating in a fictional WMD...
Curated OER
Iron Tiger 10 Day Triathlon
Learners increase their fitness levels and determine attainable personal fitness goals. They participate in in a triatholon in which they perform three cardiovascular activities and record total miles traveled.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Writing
The BBC offers quick (bitesize) activities, revision options, and quizzes on a variety of writing skills, covering writing arguments, writing factual documents, and writing stories.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Left Brained Writing Prompt: Extreme Alliteration: Tongue Twisters
Choose from the tongue twister starter generator and use these words at the beginning, middle, or end of a BIGGER tongue twister you create. Don't make just a line of alliteration; make a line of alliteration that's really challenging to...
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Explore Time With Theater [Pdf]
In this lesson, learners explore different activities performed at different times of day. Student directors physically place other students in the order in which activities are performed during the course of a day. Learners then become...
Other
Beginning Reporting: The Rest of the News Story
Just because much attention is paid to the lead of a story, it doesn't mean the middle and the end aren't important too. Here you can get tips on how to make the whole story effective, from a professional reporter.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Great Expectations
Discovery Channel School offers a lesson plan regarding the study of Charles Dickens novel, "Great Expectations." Students are asked to note that a writer considers theme, plot, characters, setting, and point of view when writing a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Go Figure With Figurative Language It Helps With Predicting!
In this lesson, young scholars will use figurative language, digital tools, and illustrations to write a story. The teacher will model how to use an app that has onomatopoeia to create a story with a good beginning, middle, and end. A...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sandwich Story Starters
These simple activities actively reinforce the importance of writing a story that is complete: one that has a good, solid beginning; a middle of substance, detail, and high interest; and a satisfying ending.