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- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern
Using picture books as mentor texts, students learn effective strategies for organizing information that compares and contrasts. Students can then apply appropriate organizational strategies to their own papers. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Comparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier
Which side will win as students investigate both sides of the battle of using print versus online text for research as they learn about the lives of Civil War soldiers?
- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Comparing Portrayals of Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Photography and Literature
In this lesson, students analyze similarities and differences among depictions of slavery in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Frederick Douglass' Narrative, and nineteenth century photographs of slaves. Students formulate their analysis of the role of art and fiction, as they attempt to reliably reflect social ills, in a final essay. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Cooking Up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
Students explore the menu genre by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. They review adjectives and descriptive writing and then work in groups to create their own custom menus. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Copyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
Students investigate how and why copyright law has changed over time, and apply this information to recent copyright issues, creating persuasive arguments based on the perspective of a particular group. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Cosmic Oranges: Observation and Inquiry Through Descriptive Writing and Art
Students will eat up this lesson about oranges as they practice the skills that help them investigate and make detailed observations for descriptive purposes. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies
Students compare and analyze novels and the movies adapted from them. They design new DVD covers and a related insert for the movies, reflecting their response to the movie version. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future! - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Creating a Persuasive Podcast
Students learn how to get their voice out on the web when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Creating Character Blogs
Students view examples of blogs, learn the basic elements of blog creation, and then create a blog from the perspective of a fictional character.