What do you call a pony with a sore throat?

HOMOPHONES

The following is a list of resources gathered for ILA lessons on homophones.

1.       Homophone.com

2.       Homophone games

3.       To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones on Read, Write, Think

4.       “I’m just a little hoarse.”  Lesson Plan

5.       Lesson with Printables

6.       Easy Worksheets

7.       AtoZ Teacher Stuff: Homophones

8.       Fun Activities For Teaching Homophones

9.       Bulletin Board idea: Students grow a “pair of pears” homophone tree

10.   Funbrain: Word Confusion

11.   BBC: Homophones Game

12.   Interactive LA Skill Builders: Homophones

13.   Grammar for Kids: Homophones

14.   Homophone Car Rally

15.   Vocabulary Can be Fun: Homophones

16.   EZ School: Homophones

17.   Super Match Game

18.   Multiple, Leveled, Homophones Matching Games

19.   Homonym Game

20.   PPT Jeopardy Game

21.   Homophone Old Maid

22.   Kinesthetic Homophone Activities

23.   Make Take Teach: Teaching Homophones

24.   Between the Lions: Homophones Song

25.   Homophone Monkey

Give 'Em The Giver

Language Arts teachers asked for some resources and ideas to add to their unit on The Giver.  Here is what I suggested.

1. SMART EXCHANGE - http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=the+giver
2. STORYBOARD THAT - http://www.storyboardthat.com/teacher-guide/the-giver-by-lowis-lowry
3. WEBQUEST - http://msdadmin.scican.net/mhs/mhs_area_imc/webquests/The%20Giver/giver_index.htm
4. CLASS ZONE NOVEL GUIDE - http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/giver/guide.cfm
5. 7 CREATIVE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - http://www.walden.com/blog/the-giver-7-creative-classroom-activities/
6. ESSAY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - http://www.enotes.com/topics/giver/teacher-resources#teacher-resources-enotes-lesson-plan-essay-discussion-questions
7. EDUCATOR’S RESOURCE GUIDE - http://www.walden.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Giver_EdGuide_V4b.pdf
8. LOUISIANA UNIT PLAN - http://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/teacher-toolbox-resources/unit-plan-english-language-arts-grade-7-sample-the-giver.pdf?sfvrsn=7
9. CLEVELAND LITERARY SYSTEM NOVEL STUDY - http://net.cmsdnet.net/schoolnet/documents/Grade%208%20-%20Novel%20Unit%20-The%20Giver.pdf
10. WASHINGTON PREP UNIT PLAN - http://www.washingtonprep.org/apps/download/NlP2NgVBJ5uE1g6SsqbH21uJBp6SZhPtcQ9Obu8G7aGyDU5m.pdf/las2gr9.pdf
11. INTERVIEW WITH LOIS LOWRY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYGGs2lxtjY
12. AUDIO BOOK AND TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vp0Ihb5mZA

Teaching Ann Frank

The 7th Grade Language Arts teachers, while reading The Diary of Ann Frank with their classes, wanted to have the students complete a webquest.  I found them some great examples online.

Ann Frank Webquests

• http://www.mpsaz.org/carson/departments/english/anne_frank/
• http://foxtara.weebly.com/anne-frank-webquest.html
• https://sites.google.com/a/nvusd.org/anne-frank-webquest-ela-8/
• http://members.tripod.com/bkoch_2/annefrank/
• http://78web.fhps.net/anne-frank-web-quest

Other Resources

• AnnFrank.org - http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/The-diary-of-Anne-Frank/
• LiveBinder with a plethora of resources - http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=135280
• Masterpiece movie site - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/annefrank/
• Ann Frank Scholastic - http://teacher.scholastic.com/frank/index.htm
• The Secret Annex Online - http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/

4-23-2012 Happy Birthday William Shakespeare

 Top Thirty Ways to Celebrate Shakespeare's Birthday

Resources:

1. Internet Shakespeare
2. Folger Shakespeare Library
4. In Your Ear Shakespeare
5. BBC GCSE - William Shakespeare
6. BBC History - William Shakespeare
7. Shakespeare's Staging
8. The Shakespeare Mystery
9. Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project
10. Shakespeare on Shmoop
11. Shakespeare in Education
12. Absolute Shakespeare
13. The Elizabethan World
14. The English Renaissance 
15. Shakespeare in Costume
16. Medieval Food
17. Shakespeare's Globe
18. Elizabethan Accents
19. The Complete Works

Educational Fun:

1. In Search of Shakespeare
2. 'Speare - The Literacy Arcade Game
3. Skakespeare.com

Lessons:

1. A Way With Words, or Say What?
2. Shakespeare Field Trip
3. BBC - KS3 - Set Scenes
4. Macbeth Webquest
5. Othello Webquest
6. 60 Second Shakespeare
7. Interactive Romeo and Juliet
8. SHAKESPEARE & THE RENAISSANCE: ACTIVITY IDEAS from PBS Teachers

4-17-2012 Teching Speaking and Listening Strands 1-3

Teching the CCCS

Grades 6-8 ELA

Speaking and Listening

Strands 1-3

To become college and career ready, students must have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations—as part of a whole class, in small groups, and with a partner—built around important content in various domains. They must be able to contribute appropriately to these conversations, to make comparisons and contrasts, and to analyze and synthesize a multitude of ideas in accordance with the standards of evidence appropriate to a particular discipline. Whatever their intended major or profession, high school graduates will depend heavily on their ability to listen attentively to others so that they are able to build on others’ meritorious ideas while expressing their own clearly and persuasively. New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. The Internet has accelerated the speed at which connections between speaking, listening, reading, and writing can be made, requiring that students be ready to use these modalities nearly simultaneously. Technology itself is changing quickly, creating a new urgency for students to be adaptable in response to change.
Comprehension and Collaboration		Resources
1.   Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.	·         Come to discussions prepared having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion. ·         Follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. ·         Pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion. ·         Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing.	Writing a speech Presentations and reading aloud Debating Showing you are listening Writing to argue 5 Elements of Cooperative Learning Student Learning Groups Classroom Debate instructions Internet Classroom Discussion Rubric Cooperative Group role cards Cooperative project evaluation
2.   Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.		Writing and Following Instructions Following Oral Directions  Summarizing game Don't Buy It! Media Elements Summarizing quiz Interpreting sound, image, and video Digital Literacy Website Evaluation Comparing Electronic and Print Texts Repeat After Us - online library of recorded texts
3.   Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.		Listening for specific information Types of Listening Asking Questions Types of speaking Summarizing game Fact or Opinion Evaluating sources

1-12-2012 CCCS for Reading - Standard 10 Grades 6-8

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards,

the first 10 days are Reading. 

Day Ten - CCCS for Reading - Standard 10 Grades 6-8

	LITERATURE	INFORMATIONAL TEXT
unpacked skill	By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.	By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
	Reading Strategy Checklist Strategies for Helping Readers Types of Writing Reading Genre Definitions 6th Grade Practice Reading Test FCAT Express FCAT 2005 Gr.8 Reading Test - printable TAKS 2003 Gr.6 Reading Test - online TAKS 2003 Gr.7 Reading Test - online TAKS 2003 Gr.8 Reading Test - online TAKS 2004 Gr.6 Reading Test - online TAKS April 2004 Gr. 7 Writing - online TAKS Spring 2006 Gr. 7 Writing - online TAKS March 2007 Gr. 7 Writing - online TAKS March 2009 Gr. 7 Writing - online 2008 VA SOL Gr.6 Reading Test - printable 2008 VA SOL Gr. 7 Reading Test - printable 2008 VA SOL Gr. 8 Reading Test - printable 2007 VA SOL Gr.6 Reading Test - printable 2007 VA SOL Gr. 7 Reading Test - printable 2008 VA SOL Gr. 8 Reading Test - printable 2009 CST Gr. 7 Reading Test - printable 2009 CST Gr. 8 Reading Test - printable Grade 7 Practice Reading Section Grade 8 Practice Reading Section K-12 State Testing Resources Study Zone Level 440 Reading Comp Reading Comprehension Printables Literature on Shmoop Poetry on Shmoop Shakespeare on Shmoop Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project Books Should be Free - free e-books Adolescent Literacy Lit 2 Go Book Club It Open Culture: Free Audio Books Open Library - free e-books You Are What You Read Awesome Stories Lit Charts Share What You're Reading

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1-11-2012 CCCS for Reading - Standard 9 Grades 6-8

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards,

the first 10 days are Reading. 

Day Nine - CCCS for Reading - Standard 9 Grades 6-8

	LITERATURE	INFORMATIONAL TEXT
unpacked skill	Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.	Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
compare/contrast	Compare and Contrast Activities The Compare/Contrast Essay Modeling the Compare/Contrast Essay Analyzing Poetry Elements of Poetry Poetry Archive  Historical and Cultural Contexts Literary Genres Genre Lists Genre quiz Once Upon a Genre Comparative exercise Historical Fiction Lesson Historical/Biographical analysis chart Author's Purpose Author's Purpose Practice Author's Purpose Quiz Author's Purpose Popup Make a Match Author's Purpose and Perspective Author's Purpose and Point of View Pretest Author's Purpose and Point of View Purpose 1 Quiz Audience and Purpose Audience and Purpose Lab Making Judgements Balanced Literacy Biographies on Shmoop Inside a Dog - critique books and read other students' opinions Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables Grimm's Fairy Tales  Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales The Big, Bad Wolf Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories  Free Audio Books LitCharts
theme
genre
bias and author's purpose

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1-9-2012 CCCS for Reading - Standard 7 Grades 6-8

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards,

the first 10 days are Reading. 

Day Seven - CCCS for Reading - Standard 7 Grades 6-8

	LITERATURE	INFORMATIONAL TEXT
unpacked skill	6- Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.7- Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).8- Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.	6- Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.7- Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).8- Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
compare/contrast	Inanimate Alice Guide to Drama What is Poetry Oral Storytelling Lesson How are Hollywood Films Made? Evaluating Visuals Movie Scripts Cinema Framing and Point of View Film English http://writecomics.com/ http://chogger.com/ KidsSpace Comparing Mediums Mood and Tone Theme, Tone, and Presentation Mood & Tone in Poetry, Music, & Film Audience Analysis In Search of an Audience Writing Guide: Audience All About Special Effects Critical Media Literacy Special Effects with a Camera Elements of Messages Images as Persuasion Media Elements VozMe LibriVox LoudLit Google Lit Trips Digital Book Talk American Rhetoric Famous Speeches Speech and Public Speaking Choosing a Medium Teaching Students to Critique Critiquing Primary and Secondary Sources Compare and Contrast Lesson Compare and Contrast Compare and Contrast Art - Essay Once Upon a Genre Thinking Maps The Compare/Contrast Essay Compare Contrast Essay Lesson  Analyze the News Photo Analysis Guide Advertising Tricks
critique
mood/tone
voice
poetry
drama
print media
audio
video

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1-8-2012 CCCS for Reading - Standard 6 Grades 6-8

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards,

the first 10 days are Reading. 

Day Six - CCCS for Reading - Standard 6 Grades 6-8

	LITERATURE	INFORMATIONAL TEXT
unpacked skill	Explain how an author develops and contrasts the point of view of the narrator, speaker, characters, or audience in a text.	Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. Analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
narrator/character development	Regional dialects in the United States Do You Speak American? Common Phrase translator Historical and cultural contexts Making Judgements about the Author Making Judgements about the Author II Author's Purpose Worksheets and PowerPoints Audience and Purpose Author's Purpose Author's Purpose quiz Creative Net (connecting with real authors) Skype an Author Tone and Purpose quiz Author's Purpose Interactive Practice Sites Conventions of Letter Writing Nomination to Hall of Fame Improving Dialogue Analyzing Characters with WALTer  Characters and Point of View Literary Style Exploring Point of View Point of View Quiz Author's Point of View and Purpose PPT Persuasive Presentations Can You Convince Me? Persuasion Map Persuasive Writing Workshop Persuasive Essay Study Guide Write About Pet Peeves Convince Mom and Dad Argument Transitions Logic in Argumentative Writing Logical Fallacies aMap Purpose and Point of View Pretest  Purpose and Point of View Posttest Identifying Text Purpose Dramatic Irony
theme
author's voice
author's purpose
point of view
bias
fact vs. opinion

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