Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Uncovering assumptions through critical writing: Students will learn to identify assumptions and propaganda techniques in advertisements. They will then use these techniques to create their own advertisement for a product and write a business letter persuading a company to produce their product.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts); By Rennie Lee.

Is Mr. Wolf really a bad guy?: This lesson is intended to show children the importance of evaluating information as they read. The author's point of view is limited in that it only truly shows one side of the story. There is always another perspective. How the author views a subject colors everything that he or she writes about.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)

What am I? Teaching poetry through riddles: Students explore, analyze, and discuss how metaphor, simile, and metonymy are used in riddle poems. They use these poetic devices to write original riddle poems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Postmodern picture books in the middle school: Students learn to analyze plot and critique the author's intent in this lesson that focuses on Black and White by David Macaulay, a picture book that presents four story lines. Students will also explore multi-literacies and... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Points of view in the news: Students will read articles from National Geographic News and answer questions describing each article's source, purpose, and viewpoint. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: National Geographic

The poet's voice: Langston Hughes and you: Some poets achieve popular acclaim only when they express clear and widely shared emotions with a forceful, distinctive, and memorable voice. But what is meant by voice in poetry, and what qualities have made the voice of Langston Hughes a favorite for... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: EDSITEment

Poems that tell a story: Narrative and persona in the poetry of Robert Frost: In this lesson from EDSITEment, students read, discuss, and analyze selected poems by Robert Frost. The activities that make up this lesson encourage students to draw inferences about a poem's speaker based on evidence contained within the poem and to gather... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: EDSITEment

Play ball! Encouraging critical thinking through baseball questions: Students create a baseball-themed Jeopardy game after a read–aloud of Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler. After the teacher explains the purpose of asking good questions, students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Persuading an audience: Writing effective letters to the editor: Students write a persuasive letter to the editor of a newspaper, focusing on a current local or national issue. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 and 10 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Modeling reading and analysis processes with the works of Edgar Allan Poe: Students explore reading strategies using the think-aloud process as they investigate connections between the life and writings of Edgar Allan Poe. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Leading to great places in the middle school classroom: This mini-lesson examines types of leads in prominent young adult literature and challenges students to search for great leads and then write original examples. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Inventing and presenting unit 2: Effective speeches and building the invention: Students read about inventors, propose inventions to solve problems they have identified, and build and test their inventions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Science); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Inquiry on the internet: Evaluating Web pages for a class collection: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students conduct a class inquiry project, individually or in groups, collecting Web-based resources that can be used for further study during the course of the class or for more in-depth projects. Students use Internet... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

In the poet's shoes: Performing poetry and building meaning: In this lesson, students participate in a webquest that challenges them to analyze a variety of poets and their poetry by reading and listening to their work. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Imagine that! Playing with genre through newspapers and short stories: Introduce students to one form of expository writing: news briefs and articles. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

GIST: A summarizing strategy for use in any content area: This lesson supports comprehension and summarizing skills by engaging students in reading and identifying the “5Ws and the H” in newspaper articles. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Focusing reader response through vocabulary analysis: After reading The Hobbit, students compile a list of words associated with details about the novel. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Finding the science behind science fiction through paired readings: In this lesson, students explore the genre of science fiction, while learning more about the science integrated into the plot of the story using nonfiction texts and resources. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Finding figurative language in “The Phantom Tollbooth”: This lesson provides hands-on differentiated instruction by guiding students to search for the literal definitions of figurative language using the Internet. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: 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); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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