LEARN NC

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

Goal 5

The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Objective 5.02

Use correct subject/verb agreement.

Resources aligned to this objective

Be the sentence: An interactive language arts activity
Students take on the roles of different words and punctuation and work collaboratively to create a complete sentence using correct parts of speech, word order, and punctuation. Students progress from simple sentences to more complex sentences.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
Haiku and Photography: a Natural Connection
This lesson will allow students to combine photographing nature with creating a Haiku poem to express what they see in the photograph.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Computer Technology Skills)
By steven sather.
Postcards of the Past
Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.
Verb Tense Time Warps
When students have inconsistent verb tense, they have a "time warp" in their stories. In this lesson, students learn that verbs tell not only what action takes place, but also when the action takes place. They will learn to identify past, present and future verb tenses and to check sentences and paragraphs for inconsistent verb tense.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.

Lesson plans on the web

All about our town: Using brochures to teach informational writing
In this lesson, students create brochures that explore their towns and the landmarks, symbols, and people that make them unique places to live. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Building classroom community through the exploration of acrostic poetry
This lesson builds classroom community by engaging students in a collaborative acrostic poetry writing project. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Dancing minds and shouting smiles: Teaching personification through poetry
In this lesson, students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems by Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and Langston Hughes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Dear Librarian: Writing a persuasive letter
Inspired by the actions in Beverly Cleary’s book Emily’s Runaway Imagination, in this lesson plan, students write to their school librarian, requesting that a specific text be added to the library collection. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
How-to writing: Motivating students to write for a real purpose
In this lesson, students write “how-to” essays for a specific audience. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Letter poems deliver: Experimenting with line breaks in poetry writing
Students transform narrative-style letters into poetry in this lesson that explores the poetic devices of rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Our classroom: Writing an owner's manual
This lesson helps to establish a sense of community with students collaboratively writing an “owner’s manual” that describes expectations and guidelines for the classroom. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Q is for duck: Using alphabet books with struggling writers
This lesson introduces pattern writing to students by challenging them to examine the structures of various alphabet books in order to create individual pages for a collaborative book project. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Using picture books to teach plot development and conflict resolution
This lesson invites students to examine the craft of developing a story’s plot and resolution of a story’s conflict through focused experiences with picture books. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Using "Snowflake Bentley" as a framing text for multigenre writing
Using the Caldecott Medal winning picture book Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create multi-genre projects about winter. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Using web-based bookmarks to conduct Internet research
In this lesson, students mimic the poetic form of The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown and then use Internet bookmarks, created by the teacher, to research and write about a specific topic. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
When I was young in... A literature to language experience
In this read-aloud of When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, memories of the past are triggered as students discover the appropriate use of the past tense. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Who's got mail? Using literature to promote authentic letter writing
This brief activity uses literature and shared writing to teach letter-writing format and promote authentic letter writing. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE