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- Mandarin Chinese I | 中文课程1
- Part one of an online textbook for learning Mandarin Chinese.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Grammar Scramblers, spreadsheets, and parts of speech
- Students use and create Grammar Scramblers with a spreadsheet in order to practice identifying and using parts of speech in a fun way.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–9 English Language Arts)
- By Tom Munk.
- The five features of effective writing
- The five Features of Effective Writing — focus, organization, support and elaboration, style, and conventions — are a valuable tool for understanding good writing and organizing your writing instruction. By teaching these features, you can help your students become more effective writers in any genre, at any level, and make your writing instruction easier to manage at the same time. This series of articles, written with the support of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, will show you how.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Grammar and editing
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.4
- In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about the conventions of grammar and will learn how to write and edit a business letter.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Mandarin Chinese II | 中文课程2
- Part two of an online textbook for learning Mandarin Chinese.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Further reading
- In The five features of effective writing, page 7
- An annotated bibliography on the Features of Effective Writing.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- "I Spy": Using adjectives and descriptive phrases
- Students will review definitions for adjectives, learn and practice sensory adjectives and imagery, and use adjectives and descriptive phrases in writing a paragraph and/or story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By Elizabeth Hutchens.
- 1552 English school seal
- A 1552 school seal from Louth Grammar School in England bears the motto "Spare the rod and spoil the child."
- Format: image/illustration
- La comida y la salud
- Focuses on food and health using the food pyramid in Spanish. Students consider food choices and share food likes and dislikes. This lesson should be used after introducing food vocabulary and me gusta.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Second Languages)
- By Alison Yount.
- "I Declare, I believe this document May Flower!"
- The learner will apply ideas of self-government as expressed in America's founding documents. To be used with/for SLD and other exceptional students.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Gary Peterson.
- Persuasive writing: A classroom model
- In Arts of persuasion, page 4
- A plan for modeling persuasive writing with middle school students, using homework as the topic.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Hamilton and Burr: Compare and contrast
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 2
- This lesson plan compares Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson’s Vice President. The lesson plan uses the duel between the two (at which Hamilton was fatally wounded) as an opportunity to contrast two early political leaders that have stark similarities as well as definite differences.
- Format: article (grade 11 Social Studies)
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.
- Academies for boys and for girls
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.10
- Various newspaper advertisements for academies or boarding schools in the Piedmont of North Carolina between 1838 and 1840. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- Life history slide show
- Students will use photos to create a slide show of their life. They will plan a presentation based on significant episodes of their life and describe their personal experiences in writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts)
- By Mary Lou Faircloth.
- Now what? A President considers a career change
- In Rethinking Reports, page 1.2
- In this alternative to the dreaded "President Report," students write a resumé for an ex-president.
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Dear Tootsie Roll company
- The students will measure the surface area and wrapper area of five pieces of candy. Using appropriate formulas and measuring techniques, they will complete information needed for a spreadsheet and database. Students wrap up the lesson by writing a letter to the company with the most wasted paper to explain how the waste affects them as consumers and a suggestion for correcting the problem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Tonya Thompson.
- Using bilingual dictionaries
- This lesson focuses on learning to use a bilingual dictionary while acquiring first and second language vocabulary about language and grammar.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Second Languages)
- By Carolyn Zuttel.
- Women of the South in a changing society
- This lesson examines the lives of women in Southern Appalachia and other areas of the south during the Civil War and focuses particular attention on analyzing the historical stereotypes of women of the 19th-century.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Cindy Mcpeters and Aletha Aldridge.
- The Johnstown Flood: Cause and effect
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 3
- This lesson plan combines work with the Johnstown Flood, one of the most significant news events of the late nineteenth century, and the development of cause and effect argument.
- Format: (grade 11 Social Studies)
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.
- Family story with research
- Using the book, When The Legends Die and a Native American story-telling unit, students gather a family story of their own.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Eric Broer.
