Language Arts Literacy Standards Resources - Grades 9-12
Standard 3.1 | Standard 3.2 | Standard 3.3 | Standard 3.4 | Standard 3.5
| Standard 3.1 (Reading) | ||
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This site includes standards-based lesson plans, Web sites for the humanities, and assistance with classroom Internet integration. Go to Literature & Language Arts for Language Arts Literacy lesson plans. | |
9-12 |
Language arts literacy mini-lessons for elementary
(K-5) levels. Some of the lessons are appropriate for middle and
high school levels. Youth.net |
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9-12 |
An extensive listing of online Language Arts Literacy resources including lesson plans from FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence). | |
9-12 |
Literature Board Games | Students create board games based on materials they have read. This works best for mythology or adventure text, but could work well with other types of literature as well. A to Z Teacher Stuff |
9-12 |
Oyate is a Native organization whose work includes evaluation of texts, resource materials and fiction by and about Native peoples. View the FAQs, New Stuff, and Books to Avoid sections for more information related to children's books. | |
9-12 |
Supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected Web sites and a rubric, based on the California Language Arts Content Standards. Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project | |
9-12 |
Elementary, middle and high school language arts literacy lessons. | |
9-12 |
Online Language Arts Literacy units with multicultural focus, various grade levels, different units for the classroom and all are done by teachers. | |
| Standard 3.2 (Writing) | ||
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Creative writing activities and ideas. | |
9-12 |
This plan provides a series of lessons and activities designed to pair a high school class with a class of kindergarten students. The purpose of the unit is to give the older students the opportunity to be reading role models for younger children. The plan includes ideas about involving your public library and librarians, oral interpretive reading assignments, and writing assignments that reinforce other components of the high school writing curriculum. Power to Read | |
9-12 |
Seabiscuit (Teacher's Guide: Suggestions for Active Learning) |
Students are given the opportunity to participate in a class debate, prepare a radio broadcast, write an essay, and more. PBS.org |
9-12 |
Teachers Helping Teachers | Online Language Arts Literacy units with multicultural focus, various grade levels, different units for the classroom and all are done by teachers. |
| Standard 3.3 (Speaking) | ||
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The Don't Say 'Uh' Game | The student will begin his/her informal speech using the vocabulary words in front of the teacher and peers. Sound simple enough? Well the catch is.... you cannot say the word "Uh" more than 3 times! LessonPlansPage.com |
9-10 |
Students select music to accompany a poem they choose to read. They are given one minute to make their poetry presentation. Mr. Donn's Pages | |
9-12 |
The purpose of this lesson is to improve students’ oral persuasion techniques by understanding the appropriate speaking skills. The lesson is presented in second person, making it more meaningful as a resource for the students, and easier for the teacher to use as a handout. Lesson Tutor | |
9-12 |
The site is divided into two sections Students and Teachers. In the Teachers' section view Teaching Listening & Speaking . | |
9-12 |
This plan provides a series of lessons and activities designed to pair a high school class with a class of kindergarten students. The purpose of the unit is to give the older students the opportunity to be reading role models for younger children. The plan includes ideas about involving your public library and librarians, oral interpretive reading assignments, and writing assignments that reinforce other components of the high school writing curriculum. Power to Read | |
9-12 |
Seabiscuit (Teacher's Guide: Suggestions for Active Learning) |
Students are given the opportunity to participate in a class debate, prepare a radio broadcast, write an essay, and more. PBS.org |
9-12 |
Story Starters | In this activity students use props in presenting a story. Academy Curricular Exchange- Columbia Education Center |
| Standard 3.4 (Listening) | ||
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The purpose of this activity is to increase the students' ability to listen and to understand what is being read and/or told to them. The Educator's Reference Desk |
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9-12 |
Seabiscuit (Teacher's Guide: Suggestions for Active Learning) |
Students are given the opportunity to participate in a class debate, prepare a radio broadcast, write an essay, and more. PBS.org |
9-12 |
Take my Advice: Poems with a Voice | Students often feel like they must work hard to find out what a poem means. This lesson shows students that they can discover much of a poem’s meaning by just listening to the voice of the poem and imagining the situation described in the poem. Power to Learn |
| Standard 3.5 (Viewing and Media Literacy) | ||
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9-12 |
Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages | Scroll down below the abstract of this article from Reading Online (International Reading Association) to find four activities related to viewing and media literacy. |
9-12 |
Folk Art & Lore Virtual Museum | Students enter the Foyer, which is the beginning point for student participation in this Folk Art and Lore Virtual Museum. They will be guided through four museums/galleries representing different artworks and cultures. Students will analyze and interpret cultural artwork and how they relate to similar folk lore, legends and myths. Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project |
9-12 |
Media Literacy site from Canada with a database of lessons covering topics such as: advertising, movies, radio, television, magazine, newspapers, and video games. | |
9-12 |
Curriculum resources for developing print and electronic
media literacy skills. Some of the links provide free activities/materials. |
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9-12 |
Media Literacy Questionnaire for English Language Learners | A questionnaire to stimulate classroom discussion about media literacy issues. Center for Media Literacy |
9-12 |
This University of Oregon site has links to teacher resources, lesson plans, online journals, and more. | |
9-12 |
Through this lesson, students learn some of the history of mural making, explore symbolism, and then create their own mural. PBS.org | |
