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Writing and English as a Second Language: Strategies for helping English Language Learners throughout the writing process.; By Frances Hoch.

Kinetic connections: Bloom's taxonomy in action: An introduction to strategies for using the web to push your students to higher levels of thinking.; Format: article; By Bobby Hobgood, Melissa Thibault, and David Walbert.

What good is Beowulf?: High school students can follow the English language's evolution in Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, and they can focus on words and their meaning as they compare translations.; By Jo Barbara Taylor.

Conversation in an Asian medicine store: All over Asia, you will find market booths or stores filled with dried spices, dried animal parts, and flowers. These are used to create medicine and home remedies. At the beginning of this conversation, we are talking about a fish stomach. There are apparently...; Format: audio

North Vietnamese military songs: Cat Ba island is the largest island in Halong Bay, in northern Vietnam. With its famous beautiful limestone outcroppings and sapphire blue waters, Halong Bay is a popular destination for tourists. It is also a point of pride for the Vietnamese. They tell a...; Format: audio

Vietnamese family: Young girl sings: In this excerpt, I record introductions with a Vietnamese family who entertained me and a friend during Tet, or Vietnamese New Year. Some of the conversation is in Vietnamese. At first, we are getting introductions, and they are discussing names for raisins...; Format: audio

Nepali folk song: Resham Firiri: Nepalis love singing folk songs, and this is by far their favorite. This is a recording of me and a Nepali guide, Tej, singing a very popular folk song, "Resham Firiri." Once you listen, you may be able to understand why it is such a popular song among the...; Format: audio

Introduction to the Moravian diary: In Diary of a journey of Moravians, page 1; Introduction to the Moravian diary The Moravian seal, symbol of the Moravian church. The Moravians made their first settlement in America, in 1735, on the lower Savannah River, where...; Format: article

Make your own cereal bowl: In this lesson for kindergarten, students will learn that the art of creating functional pieces of pottery in North America first began over 4000 years ago in North Carolina. Students will learn where clay comes from and will create their own pottery pieces.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education); By Eileen Palamountain.

Christoph von Graffenried's account of the Tuscarora War: In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.7; Account of the beginnings of the Tuscarora War in North Carolina between settlers and Indians. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Food choice in our everyday lives: Focuses on everyday foods and how these foods relate to the food pyramid. Students will recognize food vocabulary in the target language (Spanish) and will make healthy food choices by creating thinking maps, a school menu in the target language, and exploring food choices from around the world.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Healthful Living and Second Languages); By Gina Benson and Laura Epting.

Pliny and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: The purpose of this lesson is to use earth science concepts--from volcanology--to explain to students studying the letter of Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus how Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Students will study and demonstrate mastery of the eruption and its historical impact through a webquest on Pompeii, reading of an articles with appropriate content-area reading support, participation in interactive lecture, writing of a journal entry about life in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, oral presentations on life in Pompeii, reviewing of the grammatical functions of all tenses of participles, and using a rubric to evaluate a video on Pompeii to be used for instruction.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Gregory King-Owen.

Mathematical translations: This lesson develops knowledge of algebraic expressions and their verbal equivalents. Students will establish a foundation for future Algebra I tasks by identifying mathematical symbols and expressions through group work and individual tasks. This lesson contains modifications for the novice high English Language Learner (ELL).; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 English Language Development and Mathematics); By Seth Beale and Wendy Sumner.

Romeo! Why do you have to be a doggone Montague?: Students will interpret and comprehend Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Act 2, Scene 2 (the balcony scene) through translating the original text and preparing a dramatic presentation of the scene for the class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); By Amanda Rowland.

Differences across the curriculum: Part 2: This set of lessons can be used with "Differences across the curriculum: Part 1" as an integrated approach to exploring diversity with eighth graders. The unit will revolve around the use of the drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Students will learn how diversity creates bias, which leads to conflict, where students confront their bias and practice tolerance. These parts reflect the four core curricula in an interwoven approach to teaching students to confront their biases, learn tolerance, and infer the impact of these on today's society. This activity, Part 2, is meant to augment the pre-reading activities completed in Part 1 in a Social Studies class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Lynn Carter.

Tessellations with M.C. Escher: This lesson familiarizes students with tessellations, designs created by images placed against each other with no empty spaces. It also introduces the work of M. C. Escher. It can be used in conjunction with math lessons in geometry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education); By Judith Riddle.

Translations, reflections, rotations: This lesson will allow students to explore translations, reflections, and rotations using a resource of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop Interactivate Your Math Students. Students explore the world of translations, reflections, and rotations in the Cartesian coordinate system by transforming squares, triangles and parallelograms. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation. (Italics are a direct quote from Shodor.org.); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Deborah Bourne.

Reflection designs: Students will be able to illustrate the geometric transformation of a reflection through creating their own unique designs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics); By Karen Boles.

El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA: El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. El Capitan is a 3,000 foot tall granite monolith. The name "El Capitan" is considered to be a loose Spanish translation of the original Native American name, meaning something close to "chief." The vertical...; Format: image/photograph

Resources on the web

Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files: From begging the question to the slippery slope, this collection of alphabetized fallacies includes a translation (if necessary) of the fallacy term, a definition, an example, and an analysis. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Gary N. Curtis

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