Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Writing a ghost story/mystery: Building upon the students' knowledge base of Blackbeard the Pirate, the numerous shipwrecks off of the N.C. coast, myths, and legends of the Carolinas, and/or The Lost Colony, students will write a ghost story or mystery narrative of their own.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By laura ritchie.

Where do the Lumbee live?: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.6; Introduction Knowing the location of a community, city, state or nation is important. More important, however, is understanding of the personality of the location. Robeson County, home of the Lumbee Tribe, is more than a North Carolina county that...; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gazelia Carter.

Storytelling with Cherokee folktales: This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Ricky Hamilton.

Lumbee English: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.1; Introduction Linguist Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University says, “The Lumbee English dialect bears the imprint of the early colonization by the English, Highland Scots, and Scots-Irish. Moreover, Lumbee American Indians’...; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gazelia Carter.

The Frog Prince: Compare and contrast: This lesson can be used with numerous pieces of literature, videos or cassette material to develop viewing and listening skills and the students ability to compare and contrast. One of the richest sources is in the area of fairy tales and folktales. This an especially good source if you can find a modernized version in video or cassette form to contrast with the more traditional written form. I have used the "Frog Prince" because of this factor and because it was part of the 4th grade language arts reading unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Barbara Waters.

Descriptive writing using landscape scenes: This lesson focuses on the descriptive writing process through the use of landscape scenes, the Paragraph Writing Strategy from the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning, and the 4MAT Instructional Model.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–7 English Language Arts)

Catalog display for The Family Under the Bridge: This project is a culminating activity for the novel The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson. Rather than writing the traditional book report, students will create a catalog of items, characters, places, themes, ideas, etc. from the novel. The students will create the catalog on the computer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Jane Hudson.

Along the Trail of Tears: A part of history is often forgotten when teaching younger students. This is the relocation of the Cherokee Indians when the white settlers wanted their property. The US Government moved whole groups of Indians under harsh conditions. This trip became known as the Trail of Tears. Using this as a background students will explore and experiment with persuasive writing as they try to express the position of Cherokee leaders.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Glenda Bullard.

Sharing favorite books using interactive character trading cards: Students create trading cards as a way to recommend books they have read to classmates. After engaging students in a discussion about how they choose the books they read, the teacher introduces the idea of using trading cards as a way to recommend books... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction: In this EDSITEment lesson, the first of a two-part curriculum unit on Rudyard Kipling, students identify key events in Kipling's life and describe their effect on his story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” (part of The Jungle Book). Students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: EDSITEment

Mapping characters across book series: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to a character from a literature series. The class critically looks at the character and his or her development over the course of the story. Students read critically to learn about the character's... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Literature as a catalyst for social action: Breaking barriers, building bridges: In this lesson, picture books challenge students to confront the injustice of social barriers that separate human beings from one another and to examine the role of prejudice and stereotypes in sustaining these barriers. During this lesson, students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Creating comic strips: This lesson from ARTSEDGE looks at the way we communicate information/ideas through various mediums (words, symbols, illustrations, etc). When analyzing comic strips, students notice that each has a different style, point of view, setting, plot, and summary,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Bright Morning: Exploring character development in fiction: This lesson uses Scott O'Dell's Sing Down the Moon to explore character traits and identify textual support. After students have read the book, the teacher challenges them to describe the character Bright Morning to someone... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink