Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts — Grade 5

LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 3

The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.

Objective 3.04

Make informed judgments about television, radio, video/film productions, and other electronic mediums and/or print formats.

Resources aligned to this objective

Trick or Truth: Recognizing the hottest trends in advertising
Students will study commercials and advertising techniques, will work in groups to select different types of ads from magazines, and make a collage to illustrate one of the ten techniques advertisers use.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
By Kathy Idol.

Lesson plans on the web

Beanie Baby prices soar
Students learn about supply and demand through the sale of Beanie Babies. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Can you convince me?: Developing persuasive writing
Students are engaged in developing their skills of persuasion in a classroom game that introduces students to the basic concepts of lobbying for something that is important to them (or that they want) and making persuasive arguments. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Engaging students in a collaborative exploration of the “Gettysburg Address”
This lesson invites groups of students to learn more about the historical significance of President Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, the “Gettysburg Address” as well as the time period and people involved. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Get the reel scoop: Comparing books to movies
In this lesson, students compare and contrast books with their movie counterparts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Go west: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Good food, good health
Students use Internet resources to explore ways in which food provides energy and materials for their bodies. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Got Broccoli?
Students are asked to look critically at the advertising claims of foods they eat, recognizing those that ascribe unrealistic, emotional, or psychological benefits to foods, rather than nutritional benefits. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Investigating junk mail: Negotiating critical literacy at the mailbox
Students learn to think about and question texts in ways that develop their analytical capacities and critical reading practices by investigating junk mail. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
A lens into the past
Students gain an understanding of the new life of immigrants in this country and learn how the medium of photography can record and recount history. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Myth and Truth: Independence Day
This lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence, focusing why we celebrate the nation's birthday on July 4th rather than one of the other dates. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
On the Oregon Trail
Students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Pencil pages: Getting to the point when researching information
In this lesson, students learn to navigate simple online tasks while examining the structure and organization of the Pencil Pages! Web site and comparing it with the conventions of print text. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
A president's home and the president's house
Students take virtual tours of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia, and the White House. They compare the activities undertaken by Jefferson at Monticello with those undertaken by presidents at the White House. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Traveling terrain: Comprehending nonfiction text on the web
This lesson teaches specific skills to students in order to improve their comprehension of nonfiction text found in website format. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Computer Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Using timeline games and Mexican history to improve comprehension
This lesson explores Mexican history while engaging students' active reading skills through the creation of a timeline. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Voting! What's it all about?
Students explore the difference between fact and opinion in the context of the history of voting, voting as a civil right, and current elections. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
We must not be enemies: Lincoln's first inaugural address
This series of lesson plans aims to help students to understand the historical context and significance of Lincoln's inaugural address through archival documents such as campaign posters, sheet music, vintage photographs and documents. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
What is history? Timelines and oral histories
Students understand that the past is different depending on who is remembering and retelling it. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
What they left behind: Early multi-national influences in the United States
Students make connections between European voyages of discovery, colonial spheres of influence, and various aspects of American culture. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities