Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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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.

Grandparent Interview: Students will interview a grandparent and write a news article based upon their interview. They will also do research on historical events to develop questions to be asked during the interview.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Teachers Connect.

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); By Leslie Pate.

Master Artist Internet Research Project: Timeline: Students apply their knowledge of how to find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, the students will create a chronological timeline of the artist's life on MSPublisher.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Computer Technology Skills); By Gail Dreis.

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.

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.

What Do YOU See? (Pre-Visit): This lesson introduces students to the importance of making accurate, detailed scientific observations, and the value of learning about others' views and perspectives regarding a specific topic or event. It also serves as an activity to prepare students for a visit to the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC (or any museum, real or virtual). This lesson is the first of three lessons that build upon each other, using the Ackland Art Museum as the focus.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills and English Language Arts); By Reagan West.

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

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 report alternative: Summary, symbol, and analysis in bookmarks: Students practice summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews—all while writing for an authentic audience. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 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

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

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

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

Don't be fooled by a photograph: Students will discuss how a photograph conveys information, and how changing that photograph can change its message. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5–10 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

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

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); Provider: IRA/NCTE