Information Skills — Grade 7

I, the basket: Writing a first-person story as an inanimate object

In this interdisciplinary lesson for grade seven, students explore the first-person point of view through children's literature and images of Nepal. Students exhibit their understanding of first-person narrative by writing a children's story from the perspective of an inanimate object.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)

By Edie McDowell.

Asian, African, or Australian inventors & inventions

The lesson integrates both Social Studies and Language Arts in a research and a creative writing component. The student will further understand inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the focused continents in the 7th grade Social Studies curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to develop his/her writing, reading, and oral communication skills. The project also incorporates mathematics with an emphasis on percentages and graphing.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Information Skills, Mathematics, and Social Studies)

By Jeff Rachlin and Melissa Reid.

Resources on the web

A picture's worth a thousand words: From image to detailed narrative

Students will view a picture that tells a story and then brainstorm words and ideas about the image. They will then write a story that gives the background of the image or extends details on what has happened. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

Provided by: IRA/NCTE