Lesson Plans for Language Arts and Reading
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Inference
Language Arts - Grade Four
This is a five-day unit where students practice inference and prediction skills involving wordless picture books, picture books, intermediate grade novels, comics, news stories, PowerPoint games and discussions, poetry, and short stories. Students begin each day with teacher modeling, followed by student practice, and end with a note card assessment based on the first chapter of an intermediate novel.
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The study of wordless picture books, like "Chalk" (Thomson) pictured above, requires students to make inferences regarding plot, setting, and character traits and feelings, without the aid of words.
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Character Traits and Prepositional Phrases
Language Arts - Grade Four
This is four days of lessons focusing on the introduction of two new concepts: character traits and prepositional phrases, while reviewing other ELA concepts. Students study Taylor Swift song lyrics to identify prepositional phrases and manipulate Mario on the Smart Board to show the prepositional phrase. Students will take notes from Willy Wonka YouTube clips to determine the best character trait that describes each character, and watch the Chuck Jones version of Rikki Tikki Tavi, focusing on character traits as well as other literary elements.
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This Smart Board activity allows students to take turns moving Mario relative to the mushroom. The rest of the class determines the prepositional phrase.
link: preposition song! |
Vocabulary
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Language Arts - Grade Five
Students learn new vocabulary by listening to a teacher read-aloud of Kevin O'Malley's "Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude." Students then use context clues to complete vocabulary four-square cards, compare their cards in groups, and add the new words to the word wall.
Above: Vocabulary Four-Square Card
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Poetry Analysis
Language Arts - Grade Seven/Eight
This three-day lesson focuses on the study of poetry elements and figurative language while analyzing poetry written by soldiers during World War I, most notably Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Students will also receive a brief history of WWI for context purposes, a subject sometimes skimmed over in the social studies classroom. Students compare and contrast the content and poetic elements of two different poems, as well as differences from their audio readings. Later, students will work in groups using graphic organizers to analyze one poem. Students will then present their analyses to the class and engage in meaningful discussion.
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