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Goal 3

The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.

Objective 3.05

Locate and discuss examples of an author's use of:

kinds of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory).
capitalization (titles, dates and days, names of countries).
punctuation (exclamation marks, commas in dates, and to introduce dialogue and quotations).
use of paragraphs in texts and their effects on the reader.
genre(s) and specific word choice(s).

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Getting Paragraphing Down P.A.T.: One way to remember when to indent and begin a new paragraph is when (P) the place changes, (A) the action changes, and (T) the time changes (P-A-T). In this lesson, students will learn how to identify appropriate places to indent new paragraphs in their writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

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As slippery as an eel: An ocean unit exploring simile and metaphor: Students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Building a matrix for Leo Lionni books: An author study: Students listen to books by author Leo Lionni and create and organizing information on a large matrix which depicts the main elements of that day's story. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Comparing fiction and nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood" text sets: In this lesson, students explore similarities and differences among various versions of “Little Red Riding Hood.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Deeper reading response: A template for teachers: Details the five expressive and performative engagements for responding to text, as identified by Lawrence R. Sipe. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

From stop signs to the golden arches: Environmental print: Students will help collect examples of environmental print, sort and classify these examples for inclusion in class books, and spend time reading the books as individuals, in pairs, or in groups. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

A journal for Corduroy: Responding to literature: This lesson from ReadWriteThink leads first-grade students to reflect on and respond to literature through journal writing. Students read books in the Corduroy record their own adventures with Corduroy, share their stories with the class, and create a class book using the computer. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Literature circles with primary students using self-selected reading: Presents a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Note writing in the primary classroom: Invites students to write short everyday notes, to remind, plan, request, or compliment, providing many natural opportunities for meaningful writing and lots of practice in encoding/decoding written text. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Our community: Creating ABC books as assessment: In this lesson that focuses on community, students collect vocabulary words and key concepts in order to create alphabet books as they study classroom content. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Pioneer America: Legendary westerners: Students study legendary westerners during the period of westward expansion in U.S. history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Poetry portfolios: Using poetry to teach reading and writing: Supports students' exploration of language and writing skills as they read and dissect poetry. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Readers theatre with Jan Brett: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, first- or second-grade students interact with the book Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett and create a Readers Theatre experience that is performed for other groups of students. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Sentence quest: Using parts of speech to write descriptive sentences: Students learn the criteria for a sentence by manipulating word cards, then collaborate to write and illustrate complete, descriptive sentences. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Teaching audience through interactive writing: Students work together to create an invitation letter for a group of their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Word study with "Henry and Mudge": This lesson applies Cynthia Rylant's Henry and Mudge and the small-group differentiated reading model to a systematic word study of the past tense marker -ed. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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