1 The Reading Performance : Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grade 6 Professional Commentary: This lesson examines how the oral reading of poetry may be used to support and improve fluent reading for middle school students. Central to this lesson is the idea that students require practice and repetition to master decoding skills for fluency and comprehension in oral reading.... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 7–8 Professional Commentary: This unit uses radio stations (local stations or Internet-based broadcasts) to reinforce students' understanding of audience. After listening to and analyzing a variety of radio stations for content, language, style, advertising and music, students use the collected data to ascertain the audience being targeted.... 3 In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson uses poetry to build students' understanding of poetry and the poet's voice. Further, students analyze the elements a poet uses to develop meaning.... 4 Child Labor: Giving Voice to the Industrial Revolution Through Monologues Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading, Social Studies Grades: Grade 8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students explore issues related to child labor, particularly as it occurred in England and the United States during the Industrial Revolution. Selected websites describe (with text, illustrations, and photographs) the conditions under which children labored during the Industrial Revolution.... 5 Video Production of a Newscast Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students research, write, and produce a 20 minute news broadcast. Working in small groups, students create and film a two minute segment of a school news show.... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students learn oral presentation techniques for informal and formal speech. Working in small groups, students begin with informal speeches to gain the confidence and skills required for effective public speaking.... |