941 Using Web-Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–2 Professional Commentary: Internet-based research projects can be challenging for primary level students. In this lesson, students listen and respond to a read-aloud of The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown, and then use the structure of her writing to write poems describing important things about themselves.... 942 Outside In: Finding A Character’s Heart Through Art Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: Alienation is an important theme in contemporary literature, and it’s an idea that adolescents need to confront in order to fully understand what it means to be a human being in our modern world. This activity, based on the art of Edward Hopper and combined with fiction by Raymond Carver, allows students to explore the idea... 943 Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: Students learn terminology that describes comics and political (or editorial) cartoons and discuss how the cartoonists’ choices influence the messages that they communicate. After discussing several cartoons as a full class, each student analyzes the techniques that the same cartoonist uses in five or more cartoons.... 944 The Comic Book Show and Tell Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: Comic book scripting requires the writer to give the artist detailed, descriptive instructions while also crafting exciting dialogue and using rich language. In this lesson, students encounter an authentic writing experience designed to get them thinking about their choices as writers and how they can best get their mental images out of their heads and on the... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Marketing Projects: Standards First 945 A Race with Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students explore the grace and beauty of motion in a variety of sports and dance. Examining photographs, students learn about the aesthetic elements of athletics as they use rich vocabulary to describe the images.... 946 Talking About Books to Improve Comprehension Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Meaningful conversations are a powerful tool to help students understand and share ideas about what they have read. This simple lesson, which is designed for repeated use with both fiction and nonfiction, provides a model for supporting students' conversations about texts.... 947 Alliteration All Around Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students are introduced to alliteration through picture books by Pamela Duncan Edwards. Using her illustrations as inspiration, students write original, alliterative sentences.... 948 Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This extended lesson engages intermediate level students in composing personal narratives and exploring the stories of famous Americans. The students begin by telling their own stories, using props collected and displayed in a "me-box." Next, they explore the character traits that promote democratic ideals and tell stories about family members who exemplify these traits.... 949 Choosing the Right Book: Strategies for Beginning Readers Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Choice is a powerful and motivating teaching tool, but teachers shouldn't assume that students know automatically how to make good reading choices. Teaching students book-matching strategies helps them select appropriate books independently.... 950 When I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, designed for English language learners, students learn about and practice using the past tense. After hearing a read-aloud of Cynthia Rylant’s When I Was Young in the Mountains, students discuss the story and participate in activities that call their attention to the way past tense verbs are used.... |