891 Telling Time: 5 Minute Intervals Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 2 Professional Commentary: Students practice telling time on five-minute intervals on both analog and digital clocks. Class activities, learning center activities, and worksheets are provided.... 892 Writing about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: One of the best ways to improve writing is to spend some time reflecting on how you write. This five-part lesson asks students to reflect on their writing process and helps teachers learn more about students’ habits and techniques as writers.... 893 Using Technology to Analyze and Illustrate Symbolism in Night Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: This lesson for middle and high school students explores the use of symbolism in Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel Night. After learning about symbolism and discussing its use in the book, students create visual representations using an online Literary Graffiti tool.... 894 Peer Edit with Perfection: Teaching Effective Peer-Editing Strategies Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Revising and editing are essential parts of the writing process. This lesson introduces students to a peer revising/editing protocol.... 895 Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: As students read The Grapes of Wrath, many important issues from the depression era surface. This lesson focuses on issues related to the historical context of the novel.... 896 Put That on the List: Collaboratively Writing a Catalog Poem Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: In these contemporary times, our lives are often driven by lists—to-do lists, shopping lists, wish lists. In this activity, students use that structure to write powerful poetry, modeled after Raymond Carver’s poem “Fear.” Working in small groups, students collaboratively write catalog poems based on such human emotions as anger, guilt, and happiness.... 897 Using Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel’s Night Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: Working in small groups, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night. Everyone in the classroom takes a turn assuming the “teacher” role, as the class works with four comprehension strategies: predicting, question generating, summarizing, and clarifying. When the memoir reading is completed, each group composes questions and leads the... 898 Putting the Truth in Writing: Exploring the Genre of Nonfiction Writing in the Language Arts Classroom Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students examine nonfiction writing and its role in preserving history. Students assess the Modern Library’s list of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books written first in English in the 20th century, as well as discuss what criteria determine whether or not a piece of nonfiction writing is 'good.' Students then read one of the books from the list and analyze the work by completing a writing activity of their choice.... 899 Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: The ability to understand similes is an important component of reading closely and appreciating literature. In this lesson, students will read excerpts from the work of Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, and Toi Derricotte in order to gain an understanding of similes. They examine similes in the context of each poem and consider what makes them effective.... 900 Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: The ability to understand metaphors is an important component of reading closely and appreciating literature. In this lesson, students will read excerpts from the work of Langston Hughes, Margaret Atwood, and Naomi Shihab Nye in order to gain an understanding of metaphors. They examine metaphors in the context of each poem and consider what makes them effective.... |