Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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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 English Language Arts); By Reagan West.

TV careers: Reality vs. fantasy: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.6; In this lesson for grade seven, students discuss compare television portrayals of careers with reality.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.

Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part C: Language Arts: The third lesson of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on language arts. The first two lessons in the unit focus on science and math.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and Tori Goldrick.

Using picture books to explore identity, stereotyping and discrimination: Students are challenged to analyze the concepts of identity, stereotyping and discrimination by reading picture books that depict characters who are different from others in their communities. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Using classic poetry to challenge and enrich students' writing: In this lesson, students learn to interpret multiple perspectives while reading, analyzing, and discussing classic works of poetry. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Traveling the road to freedom through research and historical fiction: In this lesson, students read historical fiction and participate in a webquest to gain an understanding of an important period in American history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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

Literature circle roles reframed: Reading as a film crew: In this alternative to traditional literature circles, students take on roles found in filmmaking, while reading and responding to a piece of literature. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 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

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

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

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); Provided by: 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... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: 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); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Critical literacy: Point of view: Students learn to look at texts from different viewpoints. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); Provided by: 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 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: 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); Provided by: IRA/NCTE