321 How Media Shapes Perception Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: The focus of this lesson is to help students understand the impact that of the media in shaping one's intellectual and emotional responses. Students explore this central idea as they look at broadcast and web-based news sites to discern subtexts conveyed through the use of language, audio, and visual elements.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Human Services, Marketing Projects: Standards First 322 A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: The old cliche "A picture is worth a thousand words" is put to the test in this lesson. Students think critically about their interpretations of the events depicted in an image and then write about their ideas.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Information Technology, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 323 Adventures in Nonfiction: A Guided Inquiry Journey Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson provides a foundation for using nonfiction texts and online resources to develop and answer questions about a topic. Using a wide variety of nonfiction literature, students learn to sort and categorize books to begin the information-gathering process.... 324 Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Using traditional stories of native Alaskans and nonfiction texts about Arctic animals, students learn to adjust their reading strategies to meet the demands of different texts. Students use online resources to locate stories and find facts about animals in Alaska.... 325 Alliteration in Headline Poems Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–6 Professional Commentary: This lesson introduces students to alliteration through poetry. After locating examples of alliteration in poems, students create their own examples of alliteration by writing a headline poem.... 326 Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A Connotation Mini-Lesson Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–10 Professional Commentary: In designing a lesson to promote effective word choice in students' writing, the object is to start with something familiar. In this mini-lesson, students begin with an examination of evocative car names that require them to use their imagination to generate ideas about the cars based on their names.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Marketing, Transportation Systems Projects: Standards First 327 Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this activity, students "become" one of the major characters in a literary work and describe themselves and other characters, using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives. In class discussion, students support their lists with details from the novel.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Education & Training, Hospitality & Tourism, Law & Public Safety, Marketing, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 328 Book Report Alternative: Characters for Hire! Studying Character in Drama Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In the lesson, students read fictional works, use software resources, read and interpret classified ads, and write original resumes for a character they are exploring. Students focus on one character in a Shakespearean drama or other play, paying close attention to the descriptions of that character to determine the character's education, skills, extracurricular interests, previous employment,... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Education & Training, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 329 Book Report Alternative: Examining Story Elements Using Story Map Comic Strips Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Knowing and understanding the elements of a story helps students with their comprehension of what is taking place in the book or novel. When students apply their knowledge of story elements of characters, setting, problems, events, and solutions, they become more involved in the story and take a greater interest in details.... 330 Book Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–7 Professional Commentary: As an alternative to traditional book reports, student create bookmarks as a response to a novel. This activity provides opportunities for students to practice writing summaries, recognize literary symbols, and write book reviews.... Projects: Writing 6-12 |