Curated OER
Express Yourself Lesson Seed 17: Obituary
The Cay has been criticized by groups such as the Council on Interracial Books for Children because of the way race is portrayed. Explore the argument against the book while taking the author's perspective into account. Class members...
Curated OER
Express Yourself Lesson Seed 7: Pronouns
Take a break from literature study to address some grammatical concerns. Using a text you've already read in your class, show how to analyze pronoun use. After watching the master, pairs analyze a short excerpt on their own, identifying...
Curated OER
Express Yourself Lesson Seed 8: Character
Characters often change over the course of a story or novel. Use the sample graphic organizer provided here to track how the narrator has responded to the sequence of events in chapter four through six of The Cay. In addition to this...
Curated OER
Express Yourself Lesson Seed 9: Climax
Conduct a close reading of chapter 9 of The Cay. Read the chapter again and ask pupils to respond to a list of included text-dependent questions. Finish the class with the provided writing assignment, which asks learners to use textual...
Curated OER
Express Yourself Lesson Seed 10: Character Development
Make a study of Timothy and his development as a character over the course of the first half or so of The Cay. This idea focuses in particular on chapters 10 through 12. Learners start out by working on double-entry journals created in...
Curated OER
Oral Presentation
Practice public speaking in this oral presentation lesson. Middle schoolers list the characteristics of a powerful speaker. They watch a video of two speakers, compare them and discuss the qualities of a good speech. Afterwards, they...
Common Sense Media
Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding
Peers discuss cyberbullying and how they can defend their friends that may be bullied online and offline. They discover the value in showing empathy for those who have been cyberbullied. Class members then generate multiple solutions for...
Common Sense Media
Identifying High-Quality Sites
Use a Huffington Post article focused on false pictures of Hurricane Sandy to launch a discussion about the reliability of online information. Groups compare and contrast how print and broadcast media regulate data gathering with the...
Curated OER
CDV, CDV, What's a CDV?
Introduce your class to the Core Democratic Values. The instructional activity focuses on defining the Core Democratic Values and related terms. Small groups look up terms and present a song based on the information they've found. After...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Subject and Verb Agreement Rules [Pdf]
This is a four-page PDF of subject and verb agreement rules with examples.
Free Management Library
Free Management Library: Guidelines to Conducting Effective Meetings
This site offers guidelines on conducting effective meetings. Although this is written for business, it is applicable for any group meeting. SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.11-12.1b Group Rules
Other
A Primer on Parliamentary Procedure
This resource lists the basic principles of holding a meeting and using the Parliamentary Procedure.
Other
Meetings
You will find advice about how to conduct a meeting as well as proper conduct during and after a meeting.
Other
Rules online.com: Robert's Rules Online
This site focuses on the study of parliamentary law and provides the full text of Robert's Rules of Order Revised (published 1915), completely indexed and keyword searchable.
Other
Manitoba Speech and Debate Assoc.: Debate Scoresheets
This site has several scoresheets for judging a debate. Includes a parliamentary debate scoresheet and cross-examination scoresheet.
Other
Manitoba Speech and Debate Association: Rules of Parliamentary Debate
The Manitoba Speech and Debate Association presents the Rules of Parliamentary Debate. Twenty rules provided.
Other
Manitoba Speech and Debate Assoc.: Guidelines for Judges
This public speaking tutorial features guidelines for debate judges.
Other
Manitoba Speech and Debate Assoc.: Speakers' Scripts
Resource has the speaker and chairperson scripts needed for a debate. Includes a Senior Parliamentary Speakers Script, Junior Parliamentary Speakers Script, and a Cross-Examination Chairperson's Script.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Qa Rs to Develop Comprehension & Reflective Reading Habits
Contains plans for three lessons that use the QAR strategy to develop reading comprehension and reflective reading within students. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Robert's Rules of Order Revised (1915)
Bartleby.com provides the full text to Robert's Rules of Order Revised (published 1915). The content is indexed by section.
Towson University
Towson University: Self Teaching Unit: Subject Verb Agreement
This is a unit on subject - verb agreement; for each rule it provides specific examples with arrows and explanation, exceptions to the rule with detailed examples, and a link to a practice quiz. It is set up so that students can teach...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Individual Tasks
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides effective time management strategies for cooperative groups. Students will work on time management and an aid to with group engagement. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Achieving Group Diversity
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a cooperative grouping strategy. Students will learn communication skills in ethnically and culturally diverse groups.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Classroom Behavior Management: Forms
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides forms that will help students reflect on their actions. Students will learn the write in response to their actions. Forms are provided to help students reflect on their actions and develop...