Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Civil War Tribune: This lesson focuses on student creativity along with the writing process. Art is also incorporated in a unique way. Students will use their research skills to complete a creative writing project on the Civil War.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Aimee Adkins.

George Washington's Obituary: The following lesson will introduce students to the research process--formulating questions, choosing resources, fact finding, and note-taking. After completing their research, they will write a short obituary for George Washington. Activities will integrate Reading, Language, Social Studies, Writing, and Computer Skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); By Kathy Blades.

Super Sportswriters' Camp: Students will identify the parts of a newspaper sports article in order to plan and write their own sports article.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); By Christina O'Connor.

Alter egos and more with Avi's "Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?": After reading Avi's Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?, students learn about the history of radio shows, examine scripts, and write their own radio show similar to the scenarios that the characters, Frankie and Mario, perform. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Book report alternative: Examining story elements using story map comic strips: Students use a six-paneled comic strip to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they've either read as a class or independently. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

A case for reading: Examining challenged and banned books: This lesson introduces students to censorship and then invites them to read a challenged or banned book and decide for themselves what should be done with this book at their school by writing a persuasive essay explaining their perspectives. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA\NCTE

Comics in the classroom as an introduction to genre study: Students explore a variety of comic strips and discuss the different components and conventions of them. (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

Creating a classroom newspaper: 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 4–5 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

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

Declare the causes: The Declaration of Independence: Introduces students to the development of the Declaration of Indepedence as both an historical process and a writing process through the use of role play and creative writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Examining plot conflict through a comparison/contrast essay: In this lesson, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Geometry in the World of Art: Looking Back and Moving Forward: Students reflect on previous lessons about the art of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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

Guided comprehension: Summarizing using the QuIP strategy: Introduces students to the comprehension strategy of summarizing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Guided comprehension: Visualizing using the sketch-to-stretch strategy: Introduces students to the comprehension strategy of visualizing using sketch-to-stretch. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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

Jamestown changes: Students study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, to discern how life changed in the Jamestown settlement in the first few years after it was founded. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Leading to great places in the elementary classroom: This lesson examines types of leads in promininent children's literature and asks students to try their own hand at writing leads. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE