451 Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson involves students in two prewriting activities, one on brainstorming ideas using story maps, and one on creating beginnings of stories. Using a collaborative writing approach, students work together to craft a story.... 452 Collaborative Stories 2: Revising Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students engage in a whole-group revising process, using a story which has been written collaboratively. Teachers lead this lesson by modeling how to reread and revise stories for content.... 453 Comic Makeovers: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students explore representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics gathered during a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a "comic character makeover." This activity leads to greater awareness of stereotypes in the media and urges students to form more realistic visions of these images as they perform their makeovers.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, Human Services, Law & Public Safety Projects: Standards First 454 Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–4 Professional Commentary: A strong plot is a basic requirement of any narrative. Students are sometimes confused, however, by the difference between a series of events that happen in a story and the plot elements, or the events that are significant to the story.... 455 Compare and Contrast Electronic Text With Traditionally Printed Text Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: With the increased use of the Internet, it is important for students to become familiar with the unique characteristics of electronic texts and learn techniques to navigate them effectively and efficiently. This lesson supports middle school students' exploration of an online educational website that incorporates a variety of electronic features including graphics, digitized speech, and video.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication Projects: Standards First 456 Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students write a simple cinquain of their own as a follow-up to a subject they have been exploring in class. Cinquain is a five-line poetic form, using a wavelike syllable count of two-four-six-eight-two.... 457 Creating a Classroom Newspaper Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–4 Professional Commentary: This lesson provides students with the opportunity to write authentic news stories. Using print and online newspapers, students analyze news writing, summarize articles, and plan and write their own stories.... 458 Critical Reading: Two Stories, Two Authors, Same Plot? Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: Many students often lack critical thinking skills to be able to analyze what they read. This lesson encourages students to read and respond critically to two different pieces of literature with the same title.... 459 Critical Media Literacy: TV Programs Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson provides a platform in which students can critically analyze popular television programs and the impact of popular media. By looking at the media critically, students develop an awareness of the messages that are portrayed through the television programs.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Marketing Projects: Standards First 460 Cyberspace Explorer: Getting to Know Christopher Columbus Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This lesson supports third- through fifth-grade students' exploration of multiple online sources to gather information about the life of a well-known explorer, Christopher Columbus. After completing a cyber scavenger hunt, students use their notes to prepare a timeline and summary report.... |