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Lesson Plan List for: Style and Rhetoric

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
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
Determining Main Idea and Supporting Details - Wild in the City Students use a graphic organizer to record important details and determine the main idea of a video segment. They use the organizer to write an informational paragraph about parakeets in the city.	4-7	Lesson Plan
Reporting from Multiple Sources - The Roles of Dogs in Three Societies Students take notes to organize relevant facts and ideas from three video segments about the roles dogs play in different cultures or societies. They use their notes to write a multi-paragraph essay.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Writing an Expository Paragraph Using Time Order - Ndakinna Wilderness Project Students take notes on a video segment and use time-ordering organizational skills to write a paragraph on camouflaging themselves.	4-7	Lesson Plan
Comparing and Contrasting - Explorers of Yesterday and Today Students write essays that compare and contrast two explorers of Yellowstone National Park, Tom Murphy, a modern day explorer and photographer and John Colter, an explorer who traveled across the same area almost 200 years ago.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Creating a Hypothesis - The Intelligent Robot Students watch a video segment that discusses developing intelligent robots, and then write paragraphs that provide detailed hypotheses of results that could come from this endeavor.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People - Sapelo Island Students use information they record on a Speaker Graphic Organizer to write a paragraph about the perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People.	5-8	Lesson Plan
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
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
Compare and Contrast Information from Multiple Sources - Wolong's Pandas Students compare and contrast information from three sources to determine the reasons that contributed to panda population decline. They draw conclusions from these sources by writing their own paragraphs.	5-7	Lesson Plan
Describing Characters - Cloud Grows Students learn about characterization by studying and taking notes on the growth of a white stallion.	5-12	Lesson Plan
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
Cause and Effect Relationships - Silence of the Bees Students write an essay that synthesizes the cause and effect relationship the disappearance of bees will cause.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Drawing Conclusions and Comparing/Contrasting - The Everglades Students take notes to determine the most important information given in a video segment and written text. They compare the information and draw written conclusions about the importance of studying the pig frog and the Everglades.	4-8	Lesson Plan
Use of Symbolism to Convey the Author's Message - The Negro Speaks of Rivers Students identify and interpret literary devices, symbolism and first-person narration as well as answer critical thinking questions and write a paragraph about a Langston Hughes poem.	6-8	Lesson Plan
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
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
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
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