This file contains writing lessons and assignments for a Level 1 academic ESL class with an emphasis on writing paragraphs. It can be combined with the other files in this folder to create an entire OER based class. 

Students write about the important aspects of a species of sea life, including physical characteristics, habitat, behaviors and interaction with humans and also provide a video that addresses that sea life along with a short summary. The video and its respective summary are then required to be uploaded to a discussion board so students can share what they learned about the species that they selected.

In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top writing tips, from revising topic sentences to crafting conclusion paragraphs! Each video includes interactive questions to test your knowledge. In this video, learn all about conclusion paragraphs with Jessica!

These resources are developed by ELPA and align with the ELP standards. They are organized by grade band and domain. They are designed to be used as lessons and for test practice. 

This worksheet helps you begin identifying scholarly conversations by analyzing an example literature review.

This assignment asks for short, precise explanations of economic data displayed in graphs and tables.

This Remote Learning Plan was created by Beth Einspahr in collaboration with Eileen Barks as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade 5 Writing students. Students will write a variety of complete sentences and sentence types using correct grammar conventions. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standards: 5.2.1.d, e, f, h.

In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top writing tips! Each video includes interactive questions to test your knowledge. In this video, learn all about topic sentences with Jessica!

This collabarative lesson is meant to specifically teach a class of middle schoolers how to write the conclusion to an essay. The lesson inclues a definiton of a conclusion, a review of introductions, and an activity for wiriting a conclusion with a group. 

This opening assignment for an introductory quantitative reasoning course asks students to write about "Numbers We Should Know." Its goal is to help students begin to think quantitatively, evaluate the sources of quantitative information critically, and write using numbers precisely and thoughtfully.

Students read journal articles on alternative conceptions and science literacy and write an annotation for each article.

This is a short assessment for working with informational writing and the topic of hurricanes with 6th graders.

This worksheet guides students through the somewhat lengthy process of finding the equation of a line given two points.

This lesson is a summarizing activity for the Yamasee War that occurred in South Carolina's lowcountry in 1715. Students can use the brief summary to complete the history frame detailing the important causes and effects of this significant event in South Carolina's history. 

Yoga for Adolescent learners  ( Age group  12 to 19 years )Personality development through yogic practices. Objectives :1) To study the physical development of adolescents. 2) To study the cognitive development of adolescents. 3) To identity the problems of adolescent learners ( physical, mental, educational etc.)4) To prepare a Yoga Lesson Plan. 5) To implement the yogic practices for adolescents. 6) To identity the relationship between daily practice of yoga  and  improvement in the various domain of adolescents. 7) To search the benefits of yoga for overall  personality development of adolescents. Methodology  :  Experimental Target Group  : 12 to 19 years adolescents Assessment  : Practical, Psychological testing Outcomes :1) Yoga is a most useful tool for adolescents. 2) Daily practice of  Yoga improves problems regarding mental health, study habits, concentration, memory etc.3) Daily practice of yoga improves physical/healthy related  problems. 4) Yoga is useful for overall development of adolescent learners.    

This Activity is for students to get creative and explore their physical ability and comforts through yoga poses. Students should feel confortable and confident teaching their classmates. 

In this lesson you will learn about some of the rights of a citizen in the United States. You will think about the rights that you have as a citizen and rank their importance according to your beliefs.  Additionally, you will get to create your own Classroom Bill of Rights!Objectives Students will be able to use historical documents and secondary sources to determine the origin and purpose of the United States government.I can make observations about historical documents and connect my observations to secondary source material to draw conclusions about the purpose of government. StandardsColorado Overarching Social Studies Strand: SS.5.4.2: The origins, structures, and functions of the United States government. 

The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward.