Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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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 endings: Sometimes authors end their stories with a memory, a feeling, a wish, or a hope. Other times they end the story by referring back to the language of the beginning. In this lesson, students will examine the characteristics of good endings by reading good endings of narrative picture books. They will then practice writing good endings for their own narratives.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Sweet Potato Fun: These activities allow students to gain knowledge of the North Carolina state vegetable and have fun while doing it! Activities include describing, analyzing and comparing facts about sweet potatoes, creative writing and dramatization, taste testing and completing an online scavenger hunt.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Amy Luna and Kathy Beck.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Seasonal haiku: Writing poems to celebrate any season: After brainstorming words that describe seasons, students create original haiku poems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 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 characterization in writing workshop: In this lesson, students study picture books to examine how authors create characters. Then students use characterization techniques to revise a previously drafted piece of writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE