Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

Goal 1

The learner will use language to express individual perspectives drawn from personal or related experience.

Explore expressive materials that are read, heard, and viewed by:

monitoring comprehension for understanding of what is read, heard, and/or viewed.
analyzing the characteristics of expressive works.
determining the effect of literary devices and/or strategies on the reader/viewer/listener.
making connections between works, self and related topics.
comparing and/or contrasting information.
drawing inferences and/or conclusions.
determining the main idea and/or significance of events.
generating a learning log or journal.
creating an artistic interpretation that connects self to the work.
discussing books/media formally and informally.

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Creating character: Justice and Fairness: In this lesson, students examine the differences between justice and fairness and are encouraged to confront discrimination in the classroom and reflect upon their own prejudices. Students contrast the accounts of Alex Stern, a witness in a war crimes trial;... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Creating character: Responsibility: In this lesson, students explore the concept of "responsibility," by watching video archives from the Shoah Foundation Institute, which focuses on Holocaust survivors. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Creating character: Respect: In this lesson, students explore the concept of "respect" by listening and viewing testimonials from Holocaust survivors. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Creating character: Perseverance: In this lesson, students listen to the perspectives of three women who discuss the character trait of perseverance. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Creating character: Concluding lesson: In this concluding lesson, students evaluate and synthesize concepts of character education they learned in previous lessons. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Creating character: Citizenship: In this lesson from the Shoah Foundation Institute, students explore the concept of citizenship while listening to the perspectives of Holocaust survivors. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute

Choose your own adventure: A Hypertext writing experience: In this lesson students create original “Choose Your Own Adventure” stories and using web-authoring software, develop their own Internet sites with the parts of the story hyperlinked to each other. After a review of setting, character development,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Children of war: Explores the realities and effects of war on children by examining diaries, journals, and letters written by children during times of war. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Childhood Remembrances: Life and Art Intersect in Nikki Giovanni's "Nikki-Rosa": Adapted from Carol Jago's Nikki Giovanni in the Classroom, this ReadWriteThink lesson invites students to explore what Jago calls the place "where life and art intersect." Students complete a close reading of Giovanni's poem "Nikki-Rosa" and then... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Book report alternative: Comic strips and cartoon squares: This lesson incorporates student handouts and a comic creator interactive to encourage student creativity and expression. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Book report alternative: Character and author business cards: Students make business cards for characters and authors. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Biography project: Research and class presentation: Students brainstorm about famous people and each selects one to research by reading a biography and doing Internet research. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Beyond the story: A Dickens of a party: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students are invited to attend a 19th Century party as a character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. To play their roles, students must understand the values and customs that Dickens' characters represented... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Alphabiography project: Totally you: In this lesson, students are engaged in a narrative writing project after reading James Howe's Totally Joe, a young adult novel about a boy named Joe who deals with many adolescent issues—friendships, school, and coming... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

ABC bookmaking builds vocabulary in the content areas: Engages and motivates students in building content area vocabulary through the creation of ABC books. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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