In this interdisciplinary seminar, we explore a variety of visual and written …
In this interdisciplinary seminar, we explore a variety of visual and written tools for self exploration and self expression. Through discussion, written assignments, and directed exercises, students practice utilizing a variety of media to explore and express who they are.
This Composition Reader is an edited, curated collection of OER material for …
This Composition Reader is an edited, curated collection of OER material for you to use as you see fit in your course. It consists of personal essays, literature, video and audio files, web writing, and long-form journalism.
FreeReading is an open source instructional program that helps educators teach early …
FreeReading is an open source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy. Because it is open source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. FreeReading contains Comprehension Activities, a page of activities to address important comprehension skills and strategies.
The purpose of this unit is to put students in the driver’s …
The purpose of this unit is to put students in the driver’s seat of their own reading by considering their own preferences and what it means to be a connected reader in our multi-media society.
Labs component for Grade K: Module 4 of the EL Education K-8 …
Labs component for Grade K: Module 4 of the EL Education K-8 Language Arts Curriculum. Labs provide students with an hour of engaging, hands-on play to build habits of character, literacy skills, and module-related content understanding. Labs are directly connected to the content of this language arts module, Enjoying and Appreciating Trees, and should be implemented alongside the module lessons. For more information on Labs, please visit https://curriculum.eleducation.org/about-k-2-labs-and-ALL-block.
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This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors …
This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.
VTT-Box, Pilot course produced by Colegio Internacional Costa Adeje in the framework …
VTT-Box, Pilot course produced by Colegio Internacional Costa Adeje in the framework of the VTT-Box Project, https://www.vtt-box.eu/project/the-products/pilot-courses/ [BE USED TO/ GET USED ...] This course guides students to improve the vocabulary related to social issues through songs, brainstorms, reading and reflecting on articles and writing and sharing compositions. https://www.vtt-box.eu/course/course/view.php?id=21 The pilot courses are a set of tested and well-created Open Online Distance Learning courses based on open, online, flexible and technology enhanced education (OOFAT). These courses are an innovation in Open Online Distance Learning. Course created by Lola Mateos Peñas
It’s easy to take today’s ubiquitous colored crayons for granted, but they …
It’s easy to take today’s ubiquitous colored crayons for granted, but they were the result of one individual’s innovation. Biebow introduces Edwin Binney—a mustachioed man and head of a carbon black factory—who wished to make color-pigmented wax crayons that reflected the world outside. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenge: Think about the school/community/world in which you live and identify a problem that could be solved with a new invention.
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Create a Superhero is a five-part lesson plan asking students to research …
Create a Superhero is a five-part lesson plan asking students to research a current global issue which impacts them, their family or their community. Based on their research they create a superhero to help solve the issue. The project follows an adapted inquiry model and uses the online tools of G Suite for Education.
Students are learning to strengthen their writing using more interesting word choices. …
Students are learning to strengthen their writing using more interesting word choices. Comics offer students an opportunity to practice using stronger verb choices in short sentences that relate to an image. Students will learn how to use callouts on Slideshare to build their comics.
Students are more likely to meet Common Core expectations for reading, writing, …
Students are more likely to meet Common Core expectations for reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language if they are working with texts on a regular basis. Organizing a curriculum around a series of text sets can provide those opportunities for students. This organization is supported by the PARCC Model Content Frameworks.
For this lesson students will learn how to create a Works Cited …
For this lesson students will learn how to create a Works Cited page in MLA. They will watch a video, play games, and read a handbook to learn the many steps and processes required in a Works Cited page.
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