111 Logging Up Reading Mileage Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This resource offers ideas for implementing an independent reading program in middle school classrooms. This lesson, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, also includes several ideas for integrating written responses.... 112 Poems, Poems, Everywhere Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–9 Professional Commentary: This resource uses poetry as a stimulus for the writing process. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, encourages students to read and write a variety of poetry.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Human Services, Transportation Systems Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 113 The All-Purpose Multimedia Poetry Beast Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This resource is an instructional unit in which students record poetry readings to express and demonstrate their understanding of the poet's purpose. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunties for students to publish and share a portfolio of their poetic writings.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: COR, Writing 6-12, Standards First 114 Arguing a Point: Part A Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This resource is an instructional unit in which students listen to and discuss the ideas, language, and structure in a selection of oral texts that present strong arguments. This instructional unit, developed as part of a project funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to discuss how the purpose and form... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 115 I Beg to Differ: Debating Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: This resource is an instructional unit in which students use formal speaking skills to communicate major ideas supported by key details. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to research examples relevant to their topic and use a range of speaking skills during a debate.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Education & Training, Government & Public Administration, Health Science, Human Services, Law & Public Safety, Marketing, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 116 It Comes as a Great Surprise: Speechmaking Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: This resource, designated a promising practice, is an instructional unit in which students create and deliver a formal speech. This instructional unit, developed as part of a project funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to research examples relevant to their topic and use a range of speaking skills during... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 12 Professional Commentary: This resource is a novel study of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to analyze, interpret, and respond to language, meaning, and ideas in the novel.... Career Fields: Health Science, Law & Public Safety Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: This resource is a study of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to analyze, interpret, and respond to language, meaning, and ideas in the play.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Law & Public Safety, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 119 Et Tu Brutè: Performing Julius Caesar Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 10–11 Professional Commentary: This resource is a study of the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar. The instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to analyze, interpret, and respond to language, meaning, and ideas in the play.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Marketing Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This resource is a study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The instructional unit, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides opportunities for students to analyze, interpret, and respond to language, meaning, and ideas in the novel by creating static and moving images.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Law & Public Safety Projects: Standards First |