1 Angling for a Story: Exploring Multiple Ways to Cover a Single News Event Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: 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.... 2 It's My Life: Multimodal Autobiography Project Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students select five important events in their lives and write summaries of them. Next, they carefully select songs and images that represent each event.... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: This resource offers strategies for teaching creative writing. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, allows students to write and publish an original story.... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: The aim of this lesson is to help students develop their persuasive writing and information gathering skills using various forms of information and communication technology. Using the context of issues common to teenagers, this lesson provides an authentic and personally relevant purpose.... 5 Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: What is scary, and why does it fascinate us? How do writers and storytellers scare us?... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: Created and reviewed by teams of educators, this writing activity describes a lesson in which students use historical information from a museum exhibit to write a fictional story from the point of view of someone who lived in the past. Drawn from the curriculum guide, Collecting Their Thoughts: Using Museums as Resources for Student Writing, which... 7 Making Connections to Myth and Folktale : The Many Ways to Rainy Mountain Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday links the survival of his people to their ability to remember, preserve, and pass on stories.... 8 Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: Critical stance and development of a strong argument are key strategies when writing to convince someone to agree with your position. In this lesson, students explore environmental issues that are relevant to their own lives, select topics, and gather information to write persuasive essays.... 9 Collaborating to Write Dialogue Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students are paired to write dialogue for two speakers. A list of 22 possible combinations are included (e.g., player and coach).... 10 All in a Day's Work: Modernizing Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This lesson plan uses a passage from Herman Melville's 1856 tale, "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street," to encourage literary response and creative writing. Students respond in writing to the short story by creating their own modern versions of the tale.... |