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- Isolating a potato killer
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 2
- In this lesson, students use Koch’s postulates to demonstrate the causal relationship between microbe and disease by transmitting Phytophthora infestans from an infected potato tuber to a healthy potato specimen.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- Justice for all?: To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill
- Following a study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, students will view the courtroom scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill and determine factors which influenced the verdicts in each trial.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.
- Mathematical translations
- This lesson develops knowledge of algebraic expressions and their verbal equivalents. Students will establish a foundation for future Algebra I tasks by identifying mathematical symbols and expressions through group work and individual tasks. This lesson contains modifications for the novice high English Language Learner (ELL).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 English Language Development and Mathematics)
- By Seth Beale and Wendy Sumner.
- A matter of identity: Writing an extended metaphor poem
- Students apply their knowledge of literary devices by reading and analyzing the poem “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco. Students then create their own poem incorporating the literary devices studied and analyzed in the above mentioned poem. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited English student.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Susan Brooks and Carrie Mabry.
- The migration of the monarch butterfly
- The students will listen to and discuss books about butterflies and the migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico in order to integrate science, social studies, and language arts.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Martha H. Dobson and Margaret Monds.
- More than just a rainy day: The water cycle
- Students will identify water sources in the school environment in order to understand the origins of our water and to gain perspective about the students' place in the water cycle. Students will learn about the water cycle using a variety of resources and discover connections between the water cycle and the water that they use every day.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Development and Science)
- By Kelly This and Leigh Thrower.
- Multiplying polynomials
- In this lesson, students apply their knowledge of distributive property to multiply polynomials. The process of multiplying by the FOIL method is developed. The English Language Development goals and objectives for this lesson are for a Novice High English Language Learner (ELL).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Mathematics)
- By Seth Beale and Wendy Sumner.
- Periodic table
- This lesson provides knowledge about periodic law, groups and periods. Students will be able to identify and label each group with their names. Students will be able to relate atomic number and atomic masses of different elements of periodic table. Students will also be able to discuss periodicity of different properties of elements.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Development and Science)
- By Abha Bhatnagar and Meera Madan.
- The Pit
- The Pit is a game that can be played to review any topic. It matches picture game cards to target vocabulary on a game board. This particular lesson focuses on classification of animals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Development and Science)
- By Eileen Carter and Tracey Casto.
- Poetry through music: "Smooth"
- This lesson draws students into a study of poetry, using Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth" as an entry point.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Andrea Belletti.
- Power sharing and the Lord Proprietors of North Carolina
- This lesson examines the essential question: How did government instability under the Lord Proprietors effect the development of North Carolina? The lesson has been modified for novice low English language learners.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Pamela Glover and Laura Packer.
- Profiling a potato killer
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 3
- In this lesson, students use internet resources to determine the factors behind the potato blight that led to the most destructive famine in human history. Students will use the scientific method and inquiry to determine how the pathogen spread over the world and learn some of the historical context surrounding this tragedy.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- Researching the North Carolina coastal plain
- This lesson plan will provide students with a more in-depth knowledge of the animals, industry, and land geography of the coastal plain. Students will conduct research on the internet and in other resources to find information on the vital parts of the coastal plain. The lesson culminates with group presentations of their research and a Venn diagram developed individually comparing the outer and inner parts of the coastal plain.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Development, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Ana Sanders and Heather Ennis.
- Romeo and Juliet: The Balcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2)
- O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Lesson will help struggling readers to comprehend figurative language and overall meaning in the famous balcony scene. It will also compare text to two media depictions. This lesson has been created with exceptional children and limited English proficient (novice low) students in mind.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Elizabeth Mackie and Vicki Moats.
- Setting and Symbolism in A Doll's House
- This lesson is designed as a follow-up to the reading and discussion of the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. An understanding of the two literary terms setting and symbolism, and their impact on a work of literature, are essential to students' success in following the guidelines outlined in the North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study. This lesson has been modified for English Language Learners at the intermediate high proficiency level, but would also be adaptable for learners at the novice or advanced levels.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Guy Hill and Crystal Brown.
- Snap! Crackle! Box!
- The student will create a new cereal and design an original box as their final for Art 1. This is a cumulative assignment incorporating the skills and techniques studied and developed throughout the course of the year.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and English Language Development)
- By Joan Lansford and Peggy Peck.
- Solving problems using simple machines
- This lesson uses the familiar story of the three pigs and the big bad wolf to explore how the wolf could have used simple machines to catch the three pigs. By reading, analyzing, and evaluating the wolf's use of simple machines in The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf by Mary Fetzer, the students will design and justify their own machine to help the wolf catch those pigs!
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science)
- By Allison Buckner and Maria Tanner.
- "Sonnet 130": Rude or reality?
- This lesson focuses on Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130." It contains a copy of the sonnet, questions to use when discussing and analyzing the sonnet, and a creative component. This lesson has modifications for Novice Low Limited English Proficient students
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Elizabeth Mackie and Vicki Moats.
- Supermarket sweep: Day 1
- Students will talk about choices that families make when purchasing groceries. Students will make a booklet of frequently purchased grocery items.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies)
- By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.
- Supermarket sweep: Day 2
- Students will participate in a supermarket game and follow a shopping list. Students will compare the quantity of items “purchased” and graph results. Students will also learn a song about shopping in a supermarket.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Development and Mathematics)
- By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.
