Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Appositive Action: Appositives are descriptive phrases, set off by commas, that modify a noun or noun phrase. Using appositives helps writers create sentences that are smoother and less choppy. In this lesson, students will learn to combine 2 or more descriptive sentences and action sentences into one sentence with an appositive phrase.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Awesome Action Words: Good writers use precise verbs to make stories interesting and vivid. In this lesson, students will learn to replace boring, redundant, generic verbs with more precise “Awesome Action Words.”; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By DPI Writing Strategies.

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.

Cloudy with a chance of...what?: Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Healthful Living Education, English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe.

Connecting Folktales and Culture in North Carolina and Beyond: Students will explore connections to North Carolina culture as they engage in reading and analyzing three folktales of North Carolina Literary Festival author, William Hooks. After comparing these stories to other versions of the traditional tales, students will become authors and storytellers themselves as they rewrite a tale from a new cultural point of view. Opportunities are also included to extend this study to world cultures and folktales.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Jeanne Munoz.

Diamante Poetry Using Environments Day 3: This lesson will introduce and reinforce learners' understanding of habitat components within an environment.

This lesson is one in a series of lessons: Understanding Animal Adaptation (Day 1), Animal Environments (Day 2), Diamante Poetry Using Environments (Day 3).; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Cheri Cole.

Discovering Just the Right Word: Precise word choice helps show the reader a story and not just tell a story. The purpose of this series of lessons is to help students improve their writing style by strengthening word choice at the word and sentence level by adding adverbs, precise verbs, and specific nouns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Giving can be fun: The purpose of this lesson is to incorporate the use of writing in a friendly letter format to foster the spirit of giving and sharing within the classroom. Using word processing, the students will create a friendly letter that will be shared with classmates in the spirit of giving and sharing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Computer Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Sue Hunnicutt.

Grammar Scramblers, Spreadsheets, and Parts of Speech: Students use and create Grammar Scramblers with a spreadsheet in order to practice identifying and using parts of speech in a fun way.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–9 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Tom Munk.

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.

Let's Become Chefs!: The following is designed to teach students the characteristics of a recipe. The characteristics to be taught about this genre are: the step-by-step directions, ingredient words and numerical measures.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Sarah Ann Parker.

Sentence Carousel: Adjectives, adverbs, and precise language help construct descriptive sentences. In this lesson, students will learn to construct more elaborate sentences that will enliven their writing; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Sentence Combining: This lesson is designed for students who write short choppy sentences. Students will learn to combine short choppy sentences that develop their ideas and involve the reader in the action of the story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Sentence Elaboration with Prepositional Phrases: This lesson is designed for students who write short choppy sentences. In this lesson, students will learn how to write more elaborated, complex sentences by adding prepositional phrases and clauses.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Stop That Run-On!: Run-on sentences inhibit understanding and weaken someone's writing. In this lesson, students will learn to identify run-on sentences and how to fix them. They will then apply those skills to their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

What's the Point? A Lesson on Point of View: After reading Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day students will write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with other wordless picture books.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Computer Technology Skills); By Eileen Carter and Tracey Casto.

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

Author study: Improving reading comprehension using inference and comparison: In this lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that author, and then check their inferences against the author's online biography. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Characters in Because of Winn–Dixie: Making lists of ten: Using the children's book,Because of Winn–Dixie, students learn about characterization techniques by creating lists of ten features that identify a character. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 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