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Understanding the elements of a story
Students will read a story, understand the elements of the story, analyze characters, and complete research about good and evil.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Abha Bhatnagar and Meera Madan.
Let's hunt for vivid vocabulary!
This activity will be used to encourage students to focus on using an enriched vocabulary. During an oral reading of the book A Bad Case of Stripes, the students will search and identify various nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, dialogue tags, and transition words.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
By Susan Byrd.
The Wish Giver: Cause and effect
Through a discussion of the characters in the novel The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain, the teacher will teach the students to identify and analyze the cause/effect relationship and its importance in reading comprehension.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
By Becky Ellzey.
Friends Fly Together
Because THE RED BALLOON is a silent film about a little boy (Pascal) and his friendship with a red balloon, students are not distracted by trying to translate spoken text. They can concentrate on what they are watching. They take notes in their home language or English--whichever is more comfortable--on what they see. These informal notes serve as scaffolding for discussion and writing.
Format: lesson plan
By Wendy Bell.
Vietnamese woman sings to child
During a multi-day tour of Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island tourists are often herded from bus to motorboat to bus to paddle boat to hiking and back to the bus. I recorded this song, which I consider a lullaby, on a boat ride up the river to a swimming hole. You...
Format: audio

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Written conversations between students and teachers for exchange of experiences, ideas, or reflections. Dialogue journals are communication tools for sustained writing opportunities rather than an occasion for assessment or grading.

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Students choose the topics for written conversation. Teachers respond with ideas, opinions, information, and/or questions Entries may be daily, weekly or monthly and take place over the course of a unit, semester, or school year.