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Be the sentence: An interactive language arts activity: Students take on the roles of different words and punctuation and work collaboratively to create a complete sentence using correct parts of speech, word order, and punctuation. Students progress from simple sentences to more complex sentences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Pumpkin punctuation: Students will identify different end punctuation marks that are used in a book they read, and then use those punctuation marks in sentences they write.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Sherry Harris.

Endangered species scavenger hunt: This lesson will help your students better understand endangered species. It requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Craig Smith.

Pets: Students will categorize their family pets and indicate a pet they would like to have. Students will then write sentences about their pets.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Kathy Beck.

Word processing valentines: This lesson combines the need to practice keyboarding skills, completion of rhymes, a popular children's book, and the motivational aspects of the Valentine holiday.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Kay Harrison.

Leapin' leprechauns: This lesson will allow first graders to use their imagination while practicing newly learned writing skills. The end product will be wonderfully creative leprechaun stories.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By JoAnn Lazaro.

Writing conventions: Examples of common errors in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.; By Bobby Hobgood.

Guest of honor: A presidential banquet: In Rethinking Reports, page 1.3; A research assignment in which students plan a banquet in honor of a president.; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

Using symbol and function keys: Students retype sentences in the data file that require the use of shift and Caps Lock (function keys) as well as some symbol keys ($, ?, !, &, ", /). Students must put capital letters at the beginning of some sentences and correct punctuation marks at the end of others.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills); By Carolyn Uprichard.

Look and listen: Exploring the five senses: This group of shared reading lessons is based on the book Look by Jillian Cutting. They are designed to be used as a part of an integrated classroom unit on the five senses.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

Vessels in Greek art: Museum pre-visit: This lesson will focus on what vessels are, where we can find them in our everyday world, and the concept that vessels are containers that hold something. This lesson is the first lesson of two.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); By Katie O'Connor.

County government in North Carolina: Students will become familiar with aspects of county government in North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Sadie Allran Broome.

Describing words: Go Away, Big Green Monster: The students will use describing words in their writing based on the book Go Away, Big Green Monster while integrating math concepts about shapes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Paula Jennings.

Digging up discoveries: The students will study archaeology, practicing their knowledge of spelling patterns and capitalization and punctuation skills along the way. The students will go to a teacher-created excavation and discover a surprise in a “rock” from the excavation. The students will then write about their experience.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science); By Alyssa Slater.

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

Civil War journals: Integrates creative writing with social studies and enhances knowledge of the effects of the Civil War on people.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gwen A. Jones.

Hello, friend!: Writing a friendly letter: Students will apply their knowledge of a friendly letter to compose a letter to send to their pen pals. Students will then type up their letters using the Kidspiration program.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Kelly Norton.

A Birthday Basket For Tia: This lesson will provide your students with an opportunity to brainstorm, predict, and check for understanding throughout this wonderful story about a little girl, Cecilia, who is preparing a special birthday gift for her 90 year-old Aunt Tia. Cecilia collects objects that represent her favorite memories with her aunt. Many uses of technology are suggested to integrate math and science with language and reading.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Jenny Walters.

Conventions: In The five features of effective writing, page 6; Conventions — grammar, spelling, and the like — are important to good writing, but should be taught only after the other Features of Effective Writing.; By Kathleen Cali.

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.

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