By the end of this lesson the student will be able to effectively become knowledgeable in composing a persuasive writing and its techniques, typing in Media Literacy, too. 7.3 The student will understand the elements of media literacy. 7.7 The student will write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Teachers will need to make a copy of the digital activity prior to using it.Students will complete a slide that will describe them and show a photo.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students will use a digital composition tool to create a melody with specific parameters, based on grade level goals and standards. The teacher prepares a poem with a rhythm on one note, and students will create a melodic-variation to share with others.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson!Read Aloud: Jabari Jumps*Literacy Objective: *Students will make predictions before and while reading a story. *Students will retell a story using an appropriate beginning, middle, and end. *Students will use evidence from the text to answer questions. *Science Objective: We will be able to identify solids and liquids. Art Objective: We will be able to use different shapes and lines to make a human figure. Hampton Oaks Elementary School (Kari Nugent, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, Melissa DiAscro, & Rebecca Fausett)
Material Type: Lesson
This is a virtual learning assignment that could be used in any course to address current events, information literacy skills, and media literacy skills. Please note that the assignment references a proprietary resource: the Proquest online database. Teachers may need to modify the referenced resource (particularly in Phase 1) to include one that is available to their students.
Material Type: Interactive
Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson! Read Aloud: Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery *Literacy Objectives: 3.2d) Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information using appropriate facts and relevant details *3.5 h) Draw conclusions using the text for support. i) Identify the conflict and resolution *Science: VA SOL 3.2: Simple machines and how they help us change the direction or size of a force. *Social Studies: VA SOL 3.1f: Relationships with multiple causes & effects. 3.1g: Making connections across time & place. 3.2: explain how the contributions of ancient Egypt have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language. Hampton Oaks Elementary School (Kari Nugent, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, Melissa DiAscro, & Rebecca Fausett)
Material Type: Lesson
Once students have learned how to conduct close-reading of a visual text, they reflect on how they might transfer this skill to the written word.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Visual Media
Once students have learned how to conduct close-reading of a visual text, they reflect on how they might transfer this skill to the written word.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Visual Media
English Instructional Plan - Persuasive Speech Critique
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Alone” (1829) focuses on developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells” (1848) focuses on developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” (1842) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1842) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading
This vocabulary exercise introduces students to the works of Edgar Allan Poe while also expanding their vocabulary of the words Poe invented. Students will identify meanings, parts of speech, and parts of the word through context clues in the text and using word-reference materials.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1845) focuses on developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “To Helen” (1836) focuses on developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading
