http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13:33 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13:33 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=754253 This lesson is designed for fourth through sixth grade Language Arts classes. This lesson can also be easily extended to upper grades, or even modified for the lower grades.The learners will need to be familiar with maneuvering the mouse to click on links provided, and familiar with the use of PowerPoint to create a presentation.The lesson is organized so that it is intended to be completed at the end of two weeks, including two trips to the Humane Society. The students will work in groups, and volunteer to work on assignments.Students may have trouble with PowerPoint. It may be necessary to incorporate a lesson in a computer lab on how to create a presentation. The teacher will need to have familiarity with the Internet and with PowerPoint. Students could also be divided into groups in which they are assigned different tasks to complete. Then, each group would be responsible for presenting their portion of the presentation. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=751421 This is a goal-directed instructional design lesson plan tailored for English Language Learners in grades 4 and 5. Students will use web 2.0 graphic organizers to plan and produce expository writing, specifically to plan and produce a how-to video. The lesson plan includes links to related tools, as well as sample rubrics to be used for assessing student-created projects. This plan can be easily altered for various grade levels, as well as varying abilities and content areas.UPDATE: This lesson has been made accessible to more learners by applying the UDL guidelines. This document includes potential barriers of the lesson and how to overcome those barriers. In addition, this lesson includes many features of the UDL principles as a way to include a variety of learners. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=742312 I know that I’m a member of society, but am I a member of my community? What defines the specific community that I am a part of? And how can I share my unique community with the world?The educational need that this lesson will address is helping students to learn about, define, and share their community. This can be an interest group community or a large geographical community. Students will explore which aspects of their community have influenced them, the things they are proud of, and how they would like to define their community for the world to see. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=742225 This is a goal-directed instructional design lesson plan tailored for English Language Learners in grades 4 and 5. Students will use web 2.0 graphic organizers to plan and produce expository writing, specifically to plan and produce a how-to video. The lesson plan includes links to related tools, as well as sample rubrics to be used for assessing student-created projects. This plan can be easily altered for various grade levels, as well as varying abilities and content areas. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=742206 As more and more grade schools use e-Portfolio as a assessment tool instead of classic paper report card, students need to prepare themselves by collecting and organizing their web artifacts in one place. To understand each student's cultural backround will be a good opportunity not only as a promotion of international understanding, but as a implementation of e-Portfolio. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=742192 This is a lesson plan for an interactive project used to as a unit wrap-up assignment for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn using Scratch. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=741943 This is a plan for a multi-day poetry lesson based on George Ella Lyon's poem "Where I'm From." Students will be asked to identify the structure and form of the poem, as well as discuss how the meaningfulness of the poetry changes when the author is the one reading it aloud. As part of the assignment, students will be writing, reading aloud, recording, and sharing their own "Where I'm From" poems. This lesson was designed for a fifth grade class, though it could be used at a variety of levels. There are a few useful links included in the document. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=737791 This handy worksheet will help any World Languages educator to plan robust standards-based language learning activities. It would be well-used with his visual introduction at:http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/actfl-world-languages-21st-century-skills-a-visual-introduction/It is featured on Zambombazo, Zachary Jone's resource described in his own words as: "Una variada oferta de actividades divertidas basadas en obras culturales auténticas (canciones, tiras cómicas, carteles de cine, publicidad, etc.) en las que se pretende aprender por descubrimiento sobre el idioma español y las culturas del mundo hispanohablante.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=737345 A web-based form for Standards-based lesson plans for World Languages.An extremely convenient and valuable tool for World Languages instructors. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=726568 This leasson was created to help students accomplish two goals. First, to access the class website, join, and interact with their fellow classmates. Secondly, to access documents on the website for considering the question of what freedoms truly allow for democracy to flourish. Students will view The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and select five articles to consider if the United States supports them. After making their post students will then comment on a classmate's post to create an authentic online discussion that can be continued at the beginning of class and observe whether their classmate's argument was influential in changing their opinion since the original post.