LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 5

The learner will COMMUNICATE reading, listening, and viewing experiences.

Objective 5.02

Produce media in various formats (print, graphical, audio, video, multimedia) appropriate to audience and purpose.

Resources aligned to this objective

Sell me on Dewey!
Students create short, snappy, written commercials about the main categories in the Dewey Decimal System. Commercials are viewed by the class to reinforce Dewey, and help students locate books in the Library Media Center. Dewey Commercials can be used in Library Media Center Orientation for grades 3-5.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills)
By Sonja Beckham.
Kid-created biographies
In this lesson plan, the students will create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! The students will use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
By Gregg Farr, Lynn Beatty, and Tricia Freeze.
Dear Peter Rabbit
Students will identify formal language and sentence structures in friendly letters. They will use similar formal language and style to create friendly letters to other story book characters.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Caroline Annas, Elizabeth Gibson, and Stephanie Johnson.