Lesson that introduces the concepts of nonfiction to elementary students. Through reading and interactive lessons, students engage the genre of nonfiction and begin to write their own examples.

Contains plans for four lessons that teach students to write effective "hooks," or beginnings, to their writing. They read the introductions of fiction passages and analyze the techniques they use before applying these techniques in their own writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

Choose from a variety of creative problems (tasks) to teach how to create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities and graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales. Explanations and solutions are provided.

Make your students' gameplay more meaningful by using our immigration lesson plan designed specifically for Immigration Nation. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give context and purpose to the game, as well as reinforce and assess the game concepts. That means deeper learning for students and best practices around game-centered learning for you. This Extension Pack includes English language learner (ELL) supports. We've included tips and practice that help make differentiated instruction a breeze. Best of all, new instructional scaffolds make this lesson adaptable for a wide range of learners!
This Extension Pack requires PowerPoint and is designed for use with projectors, interactive whiteboards, or screen share for virtual classrooms.
Immigration Nation and its Extension Pack are correlated according to WIDA's methodology using the WIDA PRIME V2 Inventory. To see how these materials best meet your ELL students' needs, click here. (Note: PRIME stands for Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials for ELLs.) LESSON OBJECTIVES: Correctly define immigration *Identify eligibility requirements for legal U.S. residence *Describe time requirements for legal residents to become eligible to apply for citizenship

Students will learn about the impact of enjambment in Gwendolyn Brooks' short but far-reaching poem "We Real Cool." One element of this lesson plan that is bound to draw students in is a compelling video of working-class Bostonian John Ulrich reciting the poem.

This context-rich problem helps students to apply the characteristics of imperfect competition to a real world setting.

Contains plans for a lesson about writing draft letters, or reflective letters about pieces of writing that students are submitting to an instructor. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson as well as assessment and reflection activities. W.9-10.9 Analysis/Reflection/Research, W.11-12.9 Analysis/Reflection/Research

This content pack is intended to be a way for educators to discover new resources and lessons for teaching information literacy skills in grades 6-12. The instructional materials contained within this pack were selected to support students as they grow and develop the following skills. Develop a topic for research. Explain research goals. Formulate essential questions and questions to guide research. Reflect on prior knowledge.

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that said juvenile offenders have a right to due process. Students learn about 14th Amendment due process, fairness, and the specific rights afforded juveniles in the justice system. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Describe the 14th Amendment "due process of law" *Identify the main arguments put forth in the case. *Describe the Supreme Court's decision and analysis. *Identify the impact of the Court's decision. *Analyze fairness and due process *Suggest important factors for juvenile courts to consider

These works of art reveal symbols and graphic systems that help to communicate values and ideas of the African people.

This is a research article on the use of book trailers to promote reading in schools. The article discusses the benefits of book trailers, provides examples of effective book trailers, and offers tips for creating book trailers that engage readers.

After reviewing the process of solving quadratic and cubic equations, a definition of an imaginary number is given. Also included is a demonstration of simplifying powers of the imaginary number and writing complex numbers. Examples are provided as well as extra practice with the concepts.

Interview a character from a book in a Google Slides presentation. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes

Build a greater understanding of poetry and poet's voice. Develop and interpret a poem for a oral performance. Links include presentation rubrics and participation rubric.

An assignment that involves introductory psychology students in the analysis a data set on personality traits and their relationship to measures of happiness and well-being.

Test your electron-configuration skills in this animated exercise. Practice writing the abbreviated configurations for some of the common elements on the periodic table.

Make inferences and recommendations using data, train a computer, and consider ethical implications of machine learning. Time to complete: 3-5 hours

This classroom lab allows students to develop skills of the scientific method while exploring the characteristics of enzymes.

This plan involves observing and labeling clouds and conducting an experiment on how clouds form.

After studying that iron is attracted to magnets, students will use magnets to extract food-grade iron filings from iron-fortified food.