361 Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: Learning new vocabulary words is important for all readers. This lesson enables students to track unfamiliar words as they read fictional or informational texts.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 362 Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–1 Professional Commentary: This lesson integrates the study of a fairy tale with learning irregular patterns and letter-sound relationships related to decoding and spelling. Students begin by listening to the story Jack and the Beanstalk.... 363 Weaving the Threads: Integrating Poetry Annotation and Web Technology Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: Using poetry, students create a web site that provides an interpretation of the poem linked to its social and cultural influences. This project uses a poem for organizational support to help students learn more about the nature of hypertext composing.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Information Technology, Marketing, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 364 Writing Alternative Plots for Robert C. O'Brien's Z for Zachariah Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–9 Professional Commentary: After reading and discussing Z for Zachariah, students apply their knowledge of cause and effect to create alternative plots for the story. First, students select a part of the story where the main character makes a critical decision and then rewrite the remaining portion of the plot based on the predicted effect of different choice.... Projects: Writing 6-12 365 Writing and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Reading biographies and autobiographies is an important part of many reading programs. In this lesson, students build upon their knowledge about the content and structure of biographies to write their own autobiographical incidents.... 366 Our City, Our Words: Writing Poetry Celebrating Student Impressions of Their City Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students write poetry that captures their feelings about their city or town. After reading and discussing the poem "Mannahatta" about New York City, students brainstorm words and ideas for original poems.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Health Science, Human Services Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 367 Web Writer's Block: Investigating Internet Censorship Around the World Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This interdisciplinary lesson promotes critical thinking through thoughtful research and discussions about the legitimacy of banning access to certain types of information on the Internet. Working in cooperative groups, students review websites banned in various countries, and investigate the reasons why particular countries would want to block information.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Government & Public Administration, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 368 Angling for a Story: Exploring Multiple Ways to Cover a Single News Event Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students explore various writing angles as they report on a specific local event. They begin by examining the angle of a New York Times sports article.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Information Technology Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 369 Community of Interests: Evaluating Various Aspects of Community Through Local and National News Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students learn about the different sections of a newspaper and how each relates to different aspect of a community. Working in small groups, students examine the difference between local and national newspaper coverage through visual and written evaluations.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services Projects: Standards First 370 Prize-Winning Profiles: Reading and Writing Profiles of Noteworthy People in the News Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students read an article in which a famous person is profiled. After analyzing the techniques used by the author, students research and write a profile of a well-known person.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Information Technology, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First |