Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
The Building School and Classroom Community professional development focuses on building school identity among teachers and students. Participants will be empowered to select research-based strategies that create community and support learning for all students. Participants will create a vision for... Read more »
Created by: Karin Lange
Date Updated: March 8th, 2022
Do you like to disrupt the status quo? Do you want new ways to assess students by using their favorite form of literacy: speaking and listening? Dive into the use of Flipgrid as an alternative formative assessment tool. The #Flipgridfever for Formative Assessments PD session focuses on using Flipgrid... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: February 2nd, 2022
In this lesson, students will work together to determine the definition of desertification and create a chart to explain the causes and effects of desertification in the sub-Saharan Sahel region. Then, students will learn how Africa is responding to desertification with a project called the Great Green... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Desertification of the Sahel
How do authors develop characters? How do readers recognize a character through their thoughts, actions, and emotions? This literary analysis lesson will examine literary characters, invite students to consider the literary "anatomy" of a character, and find textual evidence that showcases characterization.... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Literary Analysis: Characterization
Students will explore the flow of energy among living organisms by constructing a food web consisting of the organisms that inhabit a salt marsh. This lesson includes optional modifications for distance learning. Resources for use in Google Classroom are included. Read more »
Created by: Morgan Myers
Date Updated: June 8th, 2022
Food Webs
In this lesson, students will use self-reflection to create a piece of descriptive writing. Students will use sensory details, organizational strategies, and the revision process to produce a short descriptive piece of writing. Read more »
Created by: Keristy Nieto
Date Updated: November 22nd, 2022
Creating and Editing Descriptive Writing
In collaborative groups, students will work to understand and create point-of-view statements, such as tweets for a mock Twitter debate, for both Federalists' and Anti-Federalists' viewpoints on ratifying the U.S. Constitution. Then, students will identify important issues currently being debated on... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: June 28th, 2022
Ratification of the Constitution Debate
Students will listen to a New York Times podcast discussing the contradiction in the Constitution by which it protects both freedom and slavery. Working in collaborative groups, students will summarize four parts of the Constitution—the Three-Fifths Clause, the Fugitive Slave Clause, the Slave Trade... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: June 13th, 2022
How Did the Constitution Protect the System of Slavery?
In this lesson, students will discuss conflicts, cliques, and stereotypes and what can cause each of them to arise. Through the lens of five nonfiction articles inspired by the cliques in the film "The Breakfast Club," students will form real-world connections to the stereotypes at their own schools... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
What Makes Us Clique?
Students will evaluate what motivates people, especially as it relates to the main characters in “The Gift of the Magi.” As they read and listen to the story, students will identify thoughts and feelings that relate to the motivations and actions of the main characters. Students will also look for and... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: March 17th, 2023
Motivation in Characters
Colloquial language is informal and consists of words or phrases known primarily to native speakers of a language. In this lesson, students will examine both how familiar they are with English colloquialisms, how often these colloquialisms are used in our speaking and writing, and the effects that colloquial... Read more »
Colloquial language
Colloquial language is informal and consists of words or phrases known primarily to native speakers of a language. In this lesson, students will examine not only how familiar they are with English colloquialisms, but also how often these colloquialisms are used in our speaking and writing, and the effect... Read more »
Colloquial language
This lesson asks students to analyze the motivations of Montresor in Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" and engages students by placing them in the role of a forensic psychologist. In this role, having students will answer questions in a clinical evaluation. Students will analyze... Read more »
Created by: Brandy Hackett
Date Updated: March 5th, 2023
Irony and Characterization in "The Cask of Amontillado"
Students will read and analyze the short story "The Interlopers." They will determine multiple themes throughout the story, compare character motivation, and evaluate the effects of setting on the story. Using a similar format, students will research a popular “feud” in contemporary culture or history... Read more »
Created by: Polly Base
Date Updated: May 18th, 2022
Conflict, Motivation, and Setting
In this lesson, students explore themes of community and identity by analyzing a poem and creating their own poem inspired by the themes. Through these activities, students reflect deeply on their lives and learn to apply a variety of literary devices that allow them to express their creativity and... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: June 30th, 2022
Poetry
In this lesson, students compare and contrast the poem, "The Hill We Climb," and an excerpt from the speech, "I Have a Dream," and analyze how the authors' messages are made clear through their word choices and rhetorical strategies. Students compose a poem, evaluate how poetry can be used to send a... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: June 30th, 2022
Perspectives in Poetry
In this lesson, students will engage in several activities to understand Machiavelli's political writing, "The Prince." Students analyze excerpts from "The Prince," view a video about Machiavelli, participate in an activity to examine Machiavellian characteristics, and have a class debate about the... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: July 29th, 2022
The Political Thought of Machiavelli
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to new concepts and terminology regarding syntax, focusing mostly on defining new terms and identifying them in both isolation and application. Read more »
Created by: Lisa Loughlin
Date Updated: November 8th, 2022
Syntax and Parallel Structure
In this fifth and final lesson of the What Is A Wave unit, students observe two demonstrations and form conclusions to understand how light travels through matter. Students complete a Concept Card Mapping activity to summarize their learning of the unit content. Read more »
New Direction
Students evaluate what motivates people, especially as it relates to the characters in “The Gift of the Magi.” As they read and listen to the story, students identify thoughts and feelings that relate to the motivations and actions of the main characters. Students also look for and create their own... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 26th, 2022
Motivations
In this lesson, students will use self-reflection to create a piece of descriptive writing. Students will use sensory details, organizational strategies, and the revision process to produce a short descriptive piece of writing. Read more »
creating and editing descriptive writing
Students will listen to an engaging speech and record their thoughts. Students will then choose a topic of their interest and write down all they know about the topic in a two-minute paper. Students will learn more about preparing a speech and discuss their learning with their peers. They will create... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: October 21st, 2022