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Adding emotions to your story: One way to make stories even better is to show emotions, and not just tell them. In this lesson, students will use actions, gestures, and facial expressions to act out emotions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Los adjetivos con el verbo “estar”: Students will learn adjectives of emotion with the verb estar and make a booklet illustrating the new vocabulary.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Karen Hayworth.

Seeds of change: This lesson plan offers middle school students an overview of the physical and emotional changes of adolescence. Students will explore emotions experienced each day and how these emotions can impact behavior. Students will examine their school behaviors and identify ways to change negative behaviors into positive behaviors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)

Weaving picture books into narrative writing: Children's picture books are the perfect medium for mini-lessons in narrative writing. Teachers provide books which demonstrate the qualities the students need to develop in their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Jan Caldwell.

Freedom with Harriet: Life on the Underground Railroad: This lesson for grades 6–8 will help students understand the experiences of slaves in the South who sought freedom via the Underground Railroad. Students will analyze a painting and create a living tableau that reflects the issues and emotions the painting evokes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Dianne Harlow.

Faces tell feelings - Part 6 - Emotions collage: Students will create a collage using magazine photos and words printed in computer lab to express a particular emotion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

Faces tell feelings - Part 2 - Observations: Students will view a PowerPoint presentation of various portraits by different artists. They will observe facial expressions and the emotions they convey in these works of art. (They did a search for some of these works of art on the Internet in computer class prior to the PowerPoint lesson.); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

The control game: The control game is an experiential, hands on opportunity for students to explore their ideas about personal control and influence in their own lives and their control and influence in the lives of others.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance); By Wendy Logan.

Show, don't tell: Using action words: To strengthen their writing and make it livelier, students will learn to use action words to show how their characters feel.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Faces tell feelings - Part 5 - Typefaces: Students will study various typefaces in terms of their line quality and shape. Then they will use various editing functions in a word processor to create a text document whose typefaces "show" a particular emotion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)

What a revival is: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.4; Explanation by Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), Christian revivalist preacher, of what a revival is and why it is necessary. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The development of sacred singing: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.11; In the first half of the nineteenth century, the music of southern white churches expanded to express a broader range of emotions. To help singers, "shape-note" tunebooks were developed with easy-to-read notation. Includes audio of present-day shape-note singing.; Format: article; By Gavin James Campbell.

Lesson plans for teaching support and elaboration: A collection of LEARN NC's lesson plans for teaching support and elaboration, the third of the five features of effective writing.; Format: bibliography/help

Tips for parent conferences: Basic suggestions and points to keep in mind when meeting with parents.; By Mitch Katz.

Expressive papier-mâché masks: Students will be creating an original papier-mâché mask that expresses an emotion. In doing this, they will be expanding upon their knowledge of representing the human face while further developing technical skills in papier-mâché sculpture and acrylic painting.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); By Kerri Fuller.

Creating an inclusive environment: Understanding feelings: The students will learn about feelings and how to get along with others in group situations. Children will discuss what makes a friend, how friends make each other feel, what friends do together and how to resolve differences between friends. They will identify the qualities of friendship.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Social Studies); By Dianne Prohn.

Plan of a camp meeting, 1809: This sketch, by Benjamin Latrobe, shows the layout of an 1809 Methodist camp meeting in Fairfax County, Virginia. Note that the men's seats were separated from the women's and the "negro tents" from the whites.' This is an example of the racial segregation...; Format: image/illustration

Faces tell feelings - Part 4 - Computer Animation: In this lesson, students will create an animated face presented in a "Slide Show" using Kid Pix Studio.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education and Computer/Technology Skills); By Susan Wenzel Getter.

Faces tell feelings - Part 3 - Drawing facial expressions: Students will learn how to draw facial expressions and paint a portrait which portrays a particular expression or emotion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

Observing connections: Art, poetry and the environment (Lesson 1): Students will explore the poem of Pat Lowery Collins, “I Am An Artist” and create their own poem from what they see and experience. They will then illustrate their poems with a visual design. This is the first lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Observing Connections —Art, Poetry, and the Environment (Lesson 1); Observing Connections—Changing Landscapes (Lesson 2); Observing Connections—North Carolina Pottery and Face Jugs (Lesson 3); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); By Lisa Mitchell.

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