LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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e-Learning for Educators - Data-Based School Reform for Administrators
Research shows that effective school improvement plans should be based on careful analysis of school data. Review current data-driven decision-making theory; use technology to identify, gather, and analyze data for patterns and trends; examine the role of data in equity reform; and develop action plans in support of their school-based data.
Take this course: Begins February 17.

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Understanding audience
This activity is designed to help students identify their audience and determine appropriate language use based on the audience.
Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.
Cause and effect writing: What it looks like and who reads it
Students examine the causes and effects presented in a brochure called “Ozone: The Good and the Bad.” They also examine the language of the brochure with regard to audience appropriateness. Students then write their own brochures examine their classmates' brochures for cause and effect and for audience appropriateness.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
By Michelle Roberts.
Primary sources: a process guide for students
Questions to consider when reading primary source documents.
By Dan McDowell.
Garuda
In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 15
This high stone platform now called the Elephant Terrace (because of its elephant carvings) is believed to have been the base of King Jayavarman VII's audience pavillions. Because the pavillions for the king's guests likely were made of wood, only the stone...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Finding your audience: a primer
In Writing for the Web, page 3
Before you sit down to write something, ask yourself some questions about the people who will read it.
By David Walbert.
Ordinals concentration
Ordinals Concentration is a matching game that provides practice and review identifying ordinal numbers to ten.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
Focus activity using RAFT
Better writing requires consideration of RAFT: Role, Audience, Format and Topic.
Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
By Kathleen Bost and Leigh Ann Webb.
Effective communication for successful careers
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.7
In this lesson plan, students consider the elements of effective communication and write an informative or persuasive paper with a particular audience in mind.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
Spider legs
This strategy for peer conferencing helps students learn to use "Spider Legs" to answer revision questions, and then insert the revised information into their drafts.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
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.
"Shaping up" with ordinal numbers
This lesson teaches students ordinal numbers through literature, and a visual memory game, and it reviews shapes, colors, and ordinal numbers with a listening and following-directions assessment.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Sue Bowen.
Buddhist festival ceremony, interacting with audience
Part of a ten day vegetarian Buddhist festival in Trang, Thailand. This is a recording of an evening fundraiser event held at the temple, and is well attended by the local townspeople. Men at the event are considered to be in "trance," or occupied by the spirits...
Format: audio
Soccer match in Khota Bahru
Soccer (or "football") is indeed a worldwide sport. A match between two local Malaysian towns filled the local stadium in Khota Bahru. In Malaysia, the football audience is almost entirely male. I definitely stood out as the only white female there. Listen...
Format: audio
Meet the Virginia Reel
Students will learn to dance the Virginia Reel.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Dance Arts Education)
By Jo James.
Three Little Kittens
Students will experience the joys of acting out the story using simple props. Students will enjoy eating pie, and completing a bubble map and class graph.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.
School uniforms: Point-of-view writing
This lesson deals with an issue that is very important to students: school uniforms. It incorporates writing, speaking, and math.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)
By Linda Bulluck.
Introduction: Rethinking reports
A little creativity can make research a rewarding learning experience for students and teachers alike.
By David Walbert and Melissa Thibault.
Jonathan Edwards and the art of persuasion
In this lesson, students will study the elements of persuasive writing in Jonathan Edward's “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” according to the following criteria: speaker, audience, occasion, and means of persuasion, and then analyze a contemporary piece of writing, such as an advertisement, for similar elements.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
By Dave Guiley.
Alternative discussion formats: A public relations campaign
In Alternative discussion formats, page 4
By creating a PR campaign for a historial or literary figure, students can practice a wide range of thinking skills.
By Kathryn Walbert.
Identifying RAFT elements in writing prompts and assignments
Student will read writing prompts and practice identifying RAFT elements: role of writer, audience, writing format, and topic. This is the first lesson in a series of three based upon LEARN NC's 9th grade writing exemplars.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
By Kim Bowen.