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- Practicing elaboration in a problem/solution essay
- One theory suggests that students tend to list in an essay because they lack the tools to elaborate. Because they do not have the strategies, they attempt to fill up the empty space by introducing new primary ideas instead of fleshing out the ideas they have already presented. This activity attempts to make students aware of the need to elaborate and to provide students with some workable strategies for elaborating. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates the necessity for elaboration in a problem/solution essay. Students then choose a particular point in the PowerPoint presentation to expand through elaboration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Margaret Ryan.
- Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens
- Students read, discuss, and write about Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens by Spencer Johnson, M.D., a parable about life's changes, and how best to benefit from them. By reading the parable, students will learn ways to react positively to inevitable change, and gain insight into their personal decision-making processes regarding changes in their lives, now and in the future. This lesson plan is modified for Advanced English Language Learners in the 9th and 10th grades. It is written for 45 minute class periods, but can be modified for 90 minute block classes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Ann Gerber.
- Posing a scenario and "looping" to provide focus in a cause/effect essay
- Most of us are familiar with the idea that in narratives a writer chooses a “hot spot” or critical incident to serve as the focus of the work. Teachers of expository writing also must assist students in finding the “hot spot” or focus of their essays. Use this exercise to help student focus on one aspect of the essay.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Margaret Ryan.
- Walking in the woods with Owl Moon
- This is an integrated project using the book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. Students will use the story to write a personal narrative, understand the elements of a story, and practice answering open-ended questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
- By Birty Lightner.
- Whole language reading: Pumpkin pie baking activity
- A whole language literature-based reading lesson that culminates in a cooking extension activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Amy Durso.
- Portrait of a reader: Ben
- In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.2
- A fourth-grade teacher uses running records to uncover individual strengths and needs in a new student's reading.
- By Jeanne Gunther.
- Selecting evidence to support an argument
- This is a strategy lesson to teach students how to select evidence from a text to support an argument for an essay. It was designed to take two class periods and is comprised of three mini-lessons; these lessons include teacher modeling strategy to large group, student practice with strategy in small groups, and student practice with strategy individually on what will ultimately be the essay that they write.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Caroline Sain.
- Letter recognition with Alphabet Band and Express
- This activity will reinforce letter recognition along with letter order. Students will watch a video, listen to stories and play CD games on the computer to aid in recognition of alphabet letters, sounds and order.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- By Levrah Hall.
- 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
- Poetry from prose: A different kind of "book report"
- Students use a word-processing program to write a poem that summarizes important themes or events central to the plot of a novel. Once the poem is proofread, students type the poem according to specific directions. They then print their work and illustrate over or around the writing for an illustrated "book report." Students incorporate details from the novel in their writing and in their illustrations of their poems. In this way, students focus on the themes or events in the novel that appeal to them most -- the ones they feel are most important to the novel's meaning.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- 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.
Resources on the web
- BBC Skillswise
- A site providing lessons, practice, quizzes, and games on basic language and math skills. Covers topics such as grammar, vocabulary, whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and much more. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: BBC
- Poison ivy
- This lesson focuses on plant defense mechanisms, helping students gain a greater understanding of poison ivy's chemical defenses. (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Paperbag paleontology
- Cornell Paleontologist John Chiment enlists the aid of younger school children in sorting through materials collected at a dig site and, in the process, demonstrates that anyone can “do science.” (Learn more)
- Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–5 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- BioInteractive
- A collection of biology-focused teaching materials and activities that include virtual labs, videos, animations, and research articles. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
