Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Positively Poetry: Part 6: Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills); By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.

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.

Read It Backwards: One editing technique that writers can use to help them catch their own spelling errors is "Read It Backwards." In this lesson, students will learn a procedure for identifying and correcting the spelling of misspelled words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Word Bank: The Word Bank provides students with a classroom resource for "researching" the correct spelling of words that students want or need to use in their writing on a daily basis.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Word closet: Word Closets give students an additional classroom resource for “researching” the correct spelling of words to use in their daily writing. Word Closets are particularly focused toward concept words, season words, and favorite words that students like to use in their writing but may need help with spelling.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

3, 2, 1...Blast off! Vocabulary instruction using a virtual trip to the moon: Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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

Comics in the classroom as an introduction to narrative structure: Students examine the plot and narrative structure of a story through the use of comic strip frames. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Composing cinquain poems with basic parts of speech: Students learn to compose original cinquain poems in this lesson that follows a unit on parts of speech. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

The connection between poetry and music: In this lesson, students listen to poems read aloud and discuss the rhythm and sound of poetry. (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

Powerful writing: Description in creating monster trading cards: Students create their own monster trading cards using "powerful," vivid language to describe their creatures. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 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

Shape poems: Writing extraordinary poems about ordinary objects: In this lesson, students use an online interactive tool to write shape poems about a familiar object. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Technical reading and writing using board games: In this activity, students work in small, collaborative groups to design original board games as a review for recently read novels. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 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