Curated OER
Poet James Whitcomb Riley: Famous in His Own Day
An engaging biography of "Hoosier" poet James Whitcomb Riley serves as a springboard for study of his unique dialect-based verse. Several activities illuminate differences between spoken vernacular and formal language. Learners record...
Curated OER
Communication Skills in Employment Situations
Learners enhance their oral and written communication skill while preparing their interviewing skills. They create landscape designs using appropriate proportion and plant symbols.
Curated OER
Producing a Daily News Broadcast: A Cross-Curricular Activity
Sixth graders create a daily newscast which they broadcast to the whole school. They write the scripts for the broadcast, after reviewing interviews, feature writing, and proposals. They organize the newscast for presentation and edit...
Curated OER
Small Talk Dialogues
Pupils study the rules for the use of infinitives and gerunds in written and spoken conversations. They devise a Small Talk dialogue and complete quizzes at their own rate.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Numbers: Lesson 2
A slideshow on the formatting rules for using numbers in text. It is 2 of 6 in the series titled "Writing Numbers."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Numbers
This lesson goes over the formatting rules for using numbers in text.