Search: White board, 1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life.
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| Title | Overview | Grade | Average Rating |
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| Understanding Author & Illustrator | Students will be able to identify and explain the job responsibilities of an author and an illustrator and to better connect with this concept, they will become an author/illustrator. Essential questions: What is an author? What is an illustrator? What relationship do an author and illustrator have? How do an author and illustrator affect one another? What type of job do you have in kindergarten that is affected by someone else’s work? | K | |
| My Personal Wellness | Students answer the essential question(s): What do I need to know and do to live a balanced and healthy life? What do I need to know and do to become a life-long learner? They design advanced research strategies to access, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information from appropriate sources to construct understanding and to become health-literate. They research a wellness concern and create an evaluative annotated bibliography to demonstrate creativity and productivity. | 9 | |
| What's the difference? Fiction and Non-fiction. | This lesson teaches students to define the terms "fiction" and "non-fiction" and to go on to apply those definitions to books that they are looking at. The essential questions that students will explore in this lesson are: What is fiction? What is non-fiction? How can I figure out whether a book is fiction or non-fiction? | 1 | |
| Famous African American Research | Students will apply the research process in a major project that involves several lessons. The students will read about and describe the lives of historical figures and their place in history. The student can use knowledge of the conventions of language and texts to construct meaning for a range of literary and informational texts for a variety or purposes. The students will use the writing process to construct meaning and communicate effectively. | 2 | |
| Where can I Find it? | Essential Questions: Where can I learn more about the different functions of teeth? What is the difference between an encyclopedia and a dictionary? What is the difference between digital reference sources and print reference sources? What are the primary functions of the incisors, canines and molars? How can looking at an animal's teeth help us determine what types of food they eat? | 1 | |
| Closing Lesson for the Gothic Genre | The gothic introductory lesson is the pre-curser to a unit on gothic literature. At the close of the lesson the students will be asked to complete a culminating project on the genre in conjunction with the school librarian. The students must create a display within the library that outlines gothic literature and features selections of gothic literature within the display. Students will also be required to write a short essay, answer the following essential question: How does the “gothic” or popular culture compare with the “gothic” of American Literature? | 11 |