771 What If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing with Sixteen Cows Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Mathematics, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–4 Professional Commentary: This activity demonstrates the strategy of problem posing (Brown & Walter, 1983/2005). A piece of math-related children’s literature, Sixteen Cows (Wheeler, 2002), is used as the springboard for this problem-posing activity.... 772 Word Study with Henry and Mudge Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–3 Professional Commentary: Struggling readers need instruction in word recognition to improve not only their reading skills but also their writing and spelling skills as well. Applying aspects of the small-group differentiated reading model to a systematic word study of the past tense marker –ed, this lesson helps students identify both base words and suffixes.... 773 Reading Literature in Translation: Beowulf as a Case Study Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: By comparing a number of translations of Beowulf with each other and with the basic poetic elements of Old English alliterative verse, this lesson asks students to reflect upon the nature of translation not as an act of accurate representation of a literary work but as an act of interpretive re-creation. Students analyze various texts and... 774 An Introduction to Beowulf: Language and Poetics Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: While Beowulf is generally considered the earliest major work of English poetry, it is almost always taught in translation and its verse form and poetic techniques are often unfamiliar. This lesson provides an introduction to the language and poetics of the poem.... 775 The Pros and Cons of Discussion Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students use a discussion web to engage in meaningful discussions. Students work in groups to answer the question, "Are people equal?," analyzing all sides of the response, forming a consensus, and presenting it to the class.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 776 Seeing Integration from Different Viewpoints Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–7 Professional Commentary: This lesson uses The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, which describes the court-ordered desegregation of an all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1960, as a basis for a Directed Reading–Thinking Activity. A prereading strategy captures students' interest and provides an opportunity to make predictions about the story. In response to the text, students work... 777 Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students work in small groups to research aspects of the Vietnam War. Students adopt the perspective of members of a group involved in the war (e.g., soldier, nurse, doctor, photojournalist, TV reporter) and conduct Internet research to explore how that particular group was affected.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 778 Digging Deeper: Developing Comprehension Using Thank You, Mr. Falker Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Making personal connections to stories is one way to develop deeper understanding of both character and theme. This teacher read-aloud of Thank You, Mr.... 779 Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fear and the Motives of Evil Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students read the play Macbeth and analyze the title character's shift from a man who, at the beginning of the play is described as noble and brave, to a violent and ruthless tyrant. Characters whose shifting minds we feel compelled to follow through every twist and turn are a mark of Shakespeare's art.... 780 Antibiotics: Will they work? Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem with worldwide effects. This project was created to help students understand antibiotic resistance- both the science behind it and how human use of antibiotics can affect resistance development.... 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