Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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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.

Life History Slide Show: Students will use photos to create a slideshow of their life. They will plan a presentation based on significant episodes of their lide and describe their personal experiences in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–9 English Language Arts); By Teachers Connect.

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.

Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history: This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); By Edie McDowell.

Why I Am Me Timeline: Student develops a timeline that correlates personal life events with world events. Research and bibliographic skills are incorporated.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Guidance); By Rita Briggs.

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

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: 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

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

Cosmic oranges: Observation and inquiry through descriptive writing and art: This lesson employs scientific observation, descriptive writing, sketching, reading, investigation, and poetry writing to train students to use their senses and focus their attention. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Creative communication frames: Discovering similarities between writing and art: Students will build a comparative frame to explore the creative processes of writing and art as communication. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Critical media literacy: Commercial advertising: Conducting an evaluation of television and magazine advertisements, students critique the effect mass media has on American culture. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Developing a definition of reading through analysis in middle school: Students interact with a variety of different texts to uncover a broader meaning of reading. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Developing reading plans to support independent reading: Students create a list for future reading after brainstorming texts they have read recently and mapping choices using an online graphic organizer. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Dynamic duo text talks: Examining the content of Internet sites: Students read a variety of online texts about Anne Frank and the Holocaust prior to more extensive study of these topics. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Entering history: Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King, Jr.: Students read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in conjunction with Nikki Giovanni’s poem “The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.” in order to better understand the speech and the impact it had on observers like Giovanni during the Civil Rights movement and Americans today. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Exploring author's voice using Jane Addams Award-winning books: This lesson uses Jane Addams Award-winning books to explore author's voice and style. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Expository escapade-Detective's handbook: In this lesson, students combine reading the detective fiction genre with expository writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE