Content Areas

English Language Arts

RESOURCE GRADE LEVEL MEDIA TYPE
Character Change: <em>The Diary of Anne Frank</em>

Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students examine how Anne Frank's character changed while she was in hiding from the Nazis in World War II.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Character Conflict: Language Immersion

Character Conflict: Language Immersion

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore conflict as a plot device through the story of Moises, a fictional young immigrant to the United States.

5-8

Self-paced Lesson

Fact and Opinion: Parents, Teens, and Texting

Fact and Opinion: Parents, Teens, and Texting

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore the debate between parents and teens over texting and interpret facts to form and support their opinions.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Personification: Cowbirds

Personification: Cowbirds

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore personification as a literary device through the story of the cowbird, which is portrayed as "evil" in a documentary video.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Symbolism: Keely's Mountain

Symbolism: Keely's Mountain

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the use of symbolism in literature and examine how places can have symbolic meaning for people.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the character of chemist Percy Julian through his struggles with racism in his education, work, and community.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson