LEARN NC

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

Goal 4

The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objective 4.04

Select a self-evaluated composition for publication and justify rationale for selection.

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Unwinding a circular plot: Prediction strategies in reading and writing
This ReadWriteThink lesson builds on students' existing knowledge of plot structure and of cycles in other content areas, and invites students to use a circle plot graphic organizer to explore the structure of this type of story. The cyclical nature of... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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Nature reflections: Interactive language practice for English-language learners
Students reflect on nature through readings, a visit to a green area, and bookmaking using the writing process and peer feedback. English-language learner (ELL) strategies in this lesson include previewing before reading, read-alouds, choral reading, total... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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Creating a classroom newspaper
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students write authentic newspaper stories. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, including parts of a newspaper, writing an article, online newspapers, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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Alliteration all around
The teacher introduces students to alliteration using one of several picture books by Pamela Duncan Edwards. After hearing techniques used by the author during a read-aloud, students attempt to define alliteration. Then the teacher chooses one passage to... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink