Using published writers' texts and students' own writing, this unit explores emotions that are associated with the artful and deliberate use of commas, semicolons, colons, and exclamation points (end-stop marks of punctuation).
- to repeat the vocabulary on the topic ‘Travelling’;-to present the basic uses of the Passive Voice, to present Ss with a concise but comprehensive table of the verb changes from the Active into Passive Voice
Storyboard - Past Simple Tenses- Regular and Irregular verbs
This resource contains integrated tasks, assessments, and skill building exercises to continually push language learning forward. In these integrated examples, the content of the the text is the vehicle that drives skill development; it simultaneously deepens our understanding of the world around us.
This resource contains integrated tasks, assessments, and skill building exercises to continually push language learning forward. In these integrated examples, the content of the the text is the vehicle that drives skill development; it simultaneously deepens our understanding of the world around us.
This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
The objective of this activity is to reinforce the importance of being specific while dealing with events of a sequential nature, such as the phases of the moon.
This is an introductory lesson to the contributions of Paul Revere to the Patriot cause. It includes several resources for further understanding
Students will learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the US response of the Pearl Harbor Day observance.
Students will learn about World War II and its impact on Wyoming as part of the Pearl Harbor Day observance.
Mystery PenPal is a fun and easy way for students to build a community and get to know one another. Weather preparing for a PenPal exchange or developing classroom community, this fun and interactive class activity is appropriate for students of all grades! In this class activity, students will learn:1. The importance of asking questions2. How asking questions can help get to know someone3. How to complete a PenPal Schools student profileStudents will achieve the following outcomes:- Students will ask questions and provide quality answers - Students will enjoy learning about their classmates- Students will understand how to participate in digital communities Standards Alignment: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.5CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.1CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.2
Presented in partnership with Kahoot!, World Explorer Trivia helps students prove their world knowledge through a fun and fast paced trivia grame!1. Choose the PenPal Schools Kahoot! that you would like to play by clicking the links to the left.2. Follow the directions on the Kahoot! website3. Have fun!
Find out some fun and unusual facts about penguins in this short and interesting article.
Resource used is from Common Sense Education where there are free digital resources to access for digital citizenship.
In this lesson students will examine the characters in a chapter who happen to have differing view points. This is an important factor for success with this lesson. Students will analyze characters and actively express theiir perspectives on different topics and questions. Students will use their background knowledge,previous learning from the book, and make inferences about the characters. During the "discussion" students use their acting skills to be a partticular character and discuss from that point of view. They will justify the stance they take as they speak in character. This creates a great understanding of perspective and view points before moving into deeper dives about author's perspectives.
Students summarize and reflect on the implications of climate change and argue their perspectives on the issue after reading and viewing multiple sources with varying perspectives
This collection uses primary sources to explore perspectives on the French and Indian War. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
Students use persuasive writing and an understanding of the characteristics of letters to the editor to compose effective letters to the editor on topics of interest to them.
This unit shows instructional approaches that are likely to help ELLs meet new standards in English Language Arts. Built around a set of famous persuasive speeches, the unit supports students in reading a range of complex texts. It invites them to write and speak in a variety of ways and for different audiences and purposes. Students engage in close reading of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, Aristotleí˘äĺä˘s Three Appeals, Robert Kennedyí˘äĺä˘s On the Assassination of Martin Luther King, and George Wallaceí˘äĺä˘s The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax, Barbara Jordaní˘äĺä˘s All Together Now. The five lesson culminate with student's constructing their own persuasive texts.
The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.