Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Observing connections: Art, poetry and the environment: Students will explore the poem of Pat Lowery Collins, “I Am An Artist” and create their own poem from what they see and experience. They will then illustrate their poems with a visual design. This is the first lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing Connections —Art, Poetry, and the Environment; Lesson 2 Observing Connections—Changing Landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing Connections—North Carolina Pottery and Face Jugs; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); By Lisa Mitchell.

Alliteration all around: In this lesson, students are introduced to alliteration through picture books by Pamela Duncan Edwards. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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: Writing resumes for characters in historical fiction: Students select a character from a work of historical fiction then help the character choose and apply for a job. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using comic books to teach onomatopoeia: This lesson uses comic strips to introduce students to onomatopoeia, words that imitate the natural sound associated with an action or an object. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Color Poems--Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting: Students use their five senses as a prewriting tool to guide their poetry writing. (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

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

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

Creating classroom community by crafting themed poetry collections: Students create poetry collections with a back-to-school theme of “getting to know each other.” (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

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

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

Fables and trickster tales around the world: Students become familiar with different folklore traditions and genres, as well as the process of the oral transmission of culture and history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Fairy tales, then and now: Introduces elements of old fairy tales. Students update fairy tales to reflect modern settings. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

From boomtown to ghost town: Students discuss how a specific economic activity in a region can facilitate the creation of towns, which often turn into ghost towns if the economic activity ends. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

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

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

Learning about research and writing using the American Revolution: In this lesson that combines historical research and acrostic poetry, students use prior knowledge about the American Revolution to guide their research interests. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE