Designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of FORMAL …
Designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of FORMAL ACADEMIC WRITING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text. It is well suited to composition courses or first-year seminars and valuable as a supplemental or recommended text in other writing-intensive classes. It provides a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to professors’ goals and expectations, demystifying the norms of the academy and how they shape college writing assignments.
Lesson OverviewThis is a close reading lesson of “Little Things Are Big” …
Lesson OverviewThis is a close reading lesson of “Little Things Are Big” by Jesús Colón . This text was featured in a newspaper column written in the 1950s. The essay is an introduction to the concepts of conflict in literature.Lesson FocusHow do the perceptions we have of ourselves and of others create conflicts?Student OutcomesStudents will be able to determine how the conflict in “Little Things Are Big” was influenced by outward (physical) identifiers as well as infer how the conflict may have been different if the main character would have made a different choice. Image source: "Menschen, Offentliche..." by Tim Savage on Pexels.com.
The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of …
The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of media literacy. The unit framework and primary sources can be integrated into classrooms of grades 4-12. Each lesson has student objectives that can be accomplished within 40 minute periods over the course of several weeks. A midpoint writing assessment, whole class capstone debate, and final independent writing assessment are included. Support materials are integrated into the lessons, and the primary source document pages can be found at the end of the unit guide.
A guide to quotation introduction, including introductory phrases, signal verbs, and integrating …
A guide to quotation introduction, including introductory phrases, signal verbs, and integrating source material as part of your own sentence, with a focus on punctuation, capitalization, and citation.
A guide to quotation introduction, including introductory phrases, signal verbs, and integrating …
A guide to quotation introduction, including introductory phrases, signal verbs, and integrating source material as part of your own sentence, with a focus on punctuation, capitalization, and citation.
This module refers to elementary school, students’ level A1-A2, 5th grade. The …
This module refers to elementary school, students’ level A1-A2, 5th grade. The module has 3 vocabulary activities about the weather and 3 grammar activities about adjectives. The last section is a short film for keeping students interested and relaxed, for rewarding them for all the effort they put through the module and of course discuss thoughts and opinions. This module is a combination of listening and speaking, focusing on new vocabulary and grammatical phenomenon. It is multidirectional and has a variety of activities to not only students learn but also to have fun. The videos, one at the beginning and the other one at the end, play significant role, same objectives but different perspectives.
This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, …
This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explores how elementary teachers can move from a study of the weather at home to the weather of the polar regions through hands-on activity, reading, and discussion.
This quiz evaluates the uses of Simple Present and Present Continuos in …
This quiz evaluates the uses of Simple Present and Present Continuos in English to talk about the weather and clothes. It can be used for highschool students and above.
A sentence is a grammatically complete idea. All sentences have a noun …
A sentence is a grammatically complete idea. All sentences have a noun or pronoun component called the subject, and a verb part called the predicate. David and Paige explore this division across several different example sentences.
What makes a good sentence? This lesson plan was created by Dawn Spurck …
What makes a good sentence? This lesson plan was created by Dawn Spurck as part of the 2020 NDE OER Project. The attached lesson plan is designed for Grade K English Language Arts students. Students will demonstrate their understanding that sentences are made up of words. Students will also make a simple sentence that is grammatically correct. This lesson plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA O1.1.b, NE LA 0.1.1.e, NE LA 0.1.1.f, NE LA 0.1.1 g, and NE LA 0.2.1.d.It is expected that this lesson will take students 60-90 minutes to complete. This lesson should be broken into smaller more manageable chunks for kindergarten students. It is suggested that teachers do modeled lesson for one sitting, Interactive another time in another sitting. Teachers use your professional judgement on what works best for your students
The attached lesson is designed for Grade 5 English Language Arts students. Students will …
The attached lesson is designed for Grade 5 English Language Arts students. Students will be able to define a homophone, give examples, and use homophones correctly according to their definition. Students will practice differntiating between two homophones and using the correct one in a sentence. This lesson addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 5.1.5.b, NE LA 5.1.5.c, NE LA 5.1.5.d, and NE LA 5.1.5.e.It is expected that this lesson will take students 90 minutes to complete.
The attached lesson is designed for Grade 5 English Language Arts students. Students will …
The attached lesson is designed for Grade 5 English Language Arts students. Students will be able to define a homophone, give examples, and use homophones correctly according to their definition. Students will practice differntiating between two homophones and using the correct one in a sentence. This lesson addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 5.1.5.b, NE LA 5.1.5.c, NE LA 5.1.5.d, and NE LA 5.1.5.e.It is expected that this lesson will take students 90 minutes to complete.
This writing piece is an introductory writing assignment for 7-12 students to …
This writing piece is an introductory writing assignment for 7-12 students to explore their strengths while demonstrating their writing abilities, as well as how to do basic MLA format and a citation.Although it is natural for humans to focus on their defects and become overly critical, this writing piece requires students to focus on their assets and celebrate them while supporting these traits with specific examples to bring them to life. This writing lesson was created by Janelle Coady as part of the 2020 OER English Language Arts Workshop by NDE. The attached plan is designed for Grade 9 English Language Arts students but could also be used for any students 7-12th.It is expected that this plan will take students 3-5 days to complete."This is Who I Am" by Wallpaper Flare is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Mike Rettberg demonstrates Newton's Laws to his 8th grade science class by …
Mike Rettberg demonstrates Newton's Laws to his 8th grade science class by rolling a cart containing an egg into a barrier and crashing it. In the process, students learn difficult terms that are reinforced by their discussion of which Laws they are seeing in action.
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