Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Elements of a Fable: In this lesson students will examine the elements of a fable. Students will use their understanding of fable elements to create an original fable and present it in dramatic form.

This lesson includes modifications and alternative assessments for Advanced Limited English Proficient students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Kate Boyce.

Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt: This lesson will help your students better understand endangered species. It requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Craig Smith.

Issues, we've all got them: Language arts/visual arts integration: Students will learn how to deal positively with social issues important in their lives through personal investigation of social issues addressed in literature and art.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and English Language Development); By Runell Carpenter.

Rhythm, Patterns, Color, and Texture in Art and Poetry: In this lesson, students will discover the meaning of "rhythm," "patterns," "color," and "texture" through the performance and modeled analysis of a class "symphony." Students will also evaluate the impact of each element on the whole work and note personal reactions and connections to this art form. Students will then work in small groups to apply the same elements and personal evaluation and connections to a historical work of visual art. At the end of the lesson, students will reflect on ways these two experiences are similar.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); By Carol Horne.

School Uniforms: Point of View Writing: This lesson deals with an issue that is very
important to students: school uniforms. It incorporates writing, speaking, and math.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Linda Bulluck.

Seeing Two Poems: This lesson will teach students how to actively read a poem and identify poetic devices.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Teachers Connect.

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); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Alphabiography project: Totally you: In this lesson, students write alphabiographies recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet after reading Totally Joe by James Howe. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Analyzing advice as an introduction to Shakespeare: Students read and analyze the advice given in Mary Schmich's 1997 Chicago Tribune column “Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young,” as an introduction to studying the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Audience, purpose, and language use in electronic messages: Investigates formal and informal language through an examination of language used in electronic messages and how it affects other writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A connotation mini-lesson: In this lesson that introduces connotation in literature, students examine familiar car names (such as Avalanche, Aztek, Bravada, Suburban or Vue) for underlying meaning. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Beyond the story: A Dickens of a party: Students understand the values and customs that Dickens' characters represented in Victorian society by virtually attending a 19th-Century party as a character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Book report alternative: Creating a childhood for a character: In this lesson, students examine the character traits of an adult character in a book they have read, create a childhood for the character, and describe that childhood in the form of a short story, journal entry, or time capsule letter. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Book reviews, annotation, and web technology: Students will write a group book review, write short research papers as annotations for their reviews, and post the review to the web, demonstrating the synchronicity of hypertext. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Campaigning for fair use: Public service announcements on copyright awareness: In this lesson that introduces issues of fair usage and copyright laws, students create audio public service announcements that can be broadcast over the school's public address system or published as podcasts on the Internet. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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 and Theatre Arts Education); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Choose your own adventure: A Hypertext writing experience: In this lesson that focuses on reading and writing, students discuss various stories and plan their own adventure story. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Choosing, chatting, and collecting: Vocabulary self-collection strategy: Students are introduced to the vocabulary self-collection strategy, using an online Shakespeare text as an example. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Cooking up descriptive language: Designing restaurant menus: In this lesson students explore the genre of menus by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants and creating their own original menus. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE