Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate of the Atlantic: Students will acquire information about Blackbeard through primary resources and apply their knowledge to create a newspaper article concerning his life.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Carol Holden and Tanya Klanert.

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.

Great beginnings: Good beginnings hook readers and make them want to continue reading. Students will learn the features of good beginnings by reading the beginnings of several narrative picturebooks, and then writing good beginnings for their own narratives.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

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.

Meanwhile - Transition Words that Connect Ideas: Students will identify transition words in picturebooks that they can use in their own writing. Transition words are the glue that holds sentences and paragraphs together. They signal that this is a new part of the story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Transition Words and Phrases: Students will learn to combine sentences using two kinds of transition words: time transitions and thought (logical) transitions. Transition words link related ideas and hold them together. They can help the parts of a narrative to be coherent or work together to tell the story. Coherence means all parts of a narrative link together to move the story along. Think of transition words as the glue that holds a story together. Using transition words helps avoid the "Listing" problem in stories.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

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.

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

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

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

Looking at landmarks: Using a picture book to guide research: This lesson uses Chris van Allsburg’s Ben’s Dream, a picture book about ten major landmarks in the world, to introduce a brief research unit. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); 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

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