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Subtopic: Descriptive Language

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Animal Shelter Photographer In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Character Motivation - Sapelo Island Culture Students write a poem (using simile and flashback) about the culture of Sapelo Island. They read their poems for an audience.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Collective Improvisation In this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center, jazz musicians perform a collective improvisation.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Community Garden Orville Edwards describes how community gardens help improve the quality of life in the city in this video segment from WILD TV.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Creating Literary Texts - Finding Homes for Pets Students write and illustrate a persuasive book to convince readers to adopt a pet.	5-7	Lesson Plan
The Cuban Crab Migration In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Debate Begins A third grade class in Wuhan province, China holds debates for the election of class monitor in this segment from Independent Lens.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Describing Characters - Cloud Grows Students learn about characterization by studying and taking notes on the growth of a white stallion.	5-12	Lesson Plan
Final Speeches In this segment from Independent Lens, three candidates for class monitor make a final speech to grab the win.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Finding Their Voice African Americans in the 1920's had a new attitude. In this video segment from A Walk Through Harlem, learn about the Harlem Renaissance.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Fourteenth Amendment - Part II In this video segment from The Supreme Court, learn about the 1883 Supreme Court decision that marked the end of federal protections for individuals in states and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation.	7-12	QuickTime Video
Identifying Characteristics - Anansi, the Spider Students identify the specific traits of Anansi, a popular character in African folklore, by completing a character web.	2-5	Lesson Plan
Identifying Different Kinds of Sentences - The Peacock’s Feathers Using a chart, students identify four sentence types within a short summary.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Musical Conversations In this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center, musicians create two different musical conversations.	3-8	QuickTime Video
The Negro Speaks of Rivers This video segment from A Walk Through Harlem features the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Outspoken In this video from WVIZ Cleveland, learn about Michael Salinger, a leading Spoken Word performer, and his students as they prepare to compete in a national poetry slam.	7-12	MPEG 4 Video
Paraphrasing Timbuktu This video segment from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly features the ancient city of Timbuktu, once a thriving center of learning and trade.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Peacock This Nature video segment features the beautiful bird known for its iridescent tail, the peacock.	1-5	QuickTime Video
Public Speaking and Persuasion - Improve Your School! Students will then describe ways in which they would like to improve their school by making an oral presentation to persuade the audience to agree with their ideas. Students are evaluated on their public speaking skills and their ability to be persuasive.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Together Wynton Marsalis gives a brief history of jazz music and explains “collective improvisation” in this video segment from Jazz at Lincoln Center.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Using Descriptive Language - Inventing Your Own Bug! Students use descriptive language to describe a bug they have invented.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Writing a Dialogue - A Jazz Conversation Using Collective Improvisation Students create an original dialogue between two characters.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Writing Original Literary Texts - The Cuban Crab Migration Students create an original poem using similes and metaphors to describe the migration of Cuban land crabs.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Writing Original Literary Texts - The World of Volcanoes Students will watch a video that shows scientists collecting lava samples from an active volcano. They use similes and A Different Kind of Fuelmetaphors to write an original poem about the segment.	6-10	Lesson Plan