261 Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 3 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students view poetry readings online and discuss elements of the performance that influence the fluency and meaning of the written text. Using online resources, students select a poem to perform out loud.... 262 Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: In this three-part lesson, students write and illustrate haiku depicting seasonal images. First they use their observation skills, real-world knowledge, and knowledge of parts of speech to help them create seasonal word charts.... 263 STAR Search: How Do I Find the Book I Need? Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: The STAR Search process outlines the steps an intermediate learner goes through in locating resources in the library for information gathering. Steps introduced in this overview lesson include selecting the appropriate search tool, selecting the subject heading(s) for successful searching, determining the kinds of resources needed, applying location strategies, and examining/evaluating a resource to determine if... 264 Story Character Homepage Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson effectively combines collaborative work, deep analysis of a character, and integration of technology. Working in small groups, students analyze a character from a piece of fiction and create a web site to represent their interpretation of that character.... Career Fields: Business & Administrative Services, Information Technology, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 265 Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This lesson integrates effective reading strategies for informational texts with a study of the tropical rainforest. Prereading activities, which allow students to access and build upon prior knowledge, include listening to sound effects of the rainforest, writing, and drawing.... 266 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 267 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.... 268 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 269 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 6-12 270 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 |