Instruction and Lesson Planning Resources - ELA

A Different View (levels: 2, 3)
point of view, perspective, opinion

A Rose is a Rose (levels: 3, 4, 5)
poetry, simile, metaphor, personification, figurative language

Accuplacer Reading Comprehension Test Prep (levels: 4, 5, 6)
reading, Accuplacer Reading Comprehension Test Prep, career pathways, reading comprehension

Accuracy in the Lab (levels: 4, 5, 6)
healthcare , literacy, reading comprehension, contextualized lesson

Acid in the Water (levels: 3, 4)
acid water, science vocabulary, pollution, impact of pollution , acid mine drainage

Acid Upset! Too Much in Our Oceans (levels: 4, 5, 6)
online lab, lab, ocean acidification, climate change, chemical reaction

Analyzing Changes in Workforce Diversity (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Analyzing Changes in Workforce Diversity, career pathways, read, comprehend, summarize

Analyzing Data and Graphs from the Bureau of Labor Market Information Website (levels: 3, 4, 5)
Analyzing Data and Graphs from the Bureau of Labor Market Information Website, career pathways, data, graphs, analyze data

Analyzing Text (levels: 3, 4)
analyze text, evaluate argument, write argument, determine main idea, determine supporting details

Are You Ready to Argue (levels: 2, 3, 4)
argument

Arguing with Aristotle (levels: 5, 6)
argument, argumentative essay, writing, writing assessment

Be a Source Detective (levels: 5, 6)
source evaluation, research, writing a research paper, evaluating sources, thesis statement, thesis sentence, writing a thesis sentence

Begin With a Plan of Attack (levels: 4, 5)
writing, writing assessment, writing process, parts of an essay

Biomes of the World (levels: 2, 3)
biomes, biomes of the world, integrating content

Biomes of the World, Part II Writing About Biomes (levels: 2, 3)
biomes, characteristics of biomes

Blending and Segmenting Syllables (level: 1)
blending, segmenting, syllables, phonemes, rhyming words

Car for Sale! (levels: 1, 2)
writing, writing assessment, editing

Cause and Effect (levels: 2, 3, 4)
cause and effect, identifying cause and effect, Revolutionary War, causes of the Revolutionary War, American Revolution, causes of the American Revolution

Changing Seasons (levels: 1, 2, 3)
writing, writing process, writing assessment, parts of an essay

Chocolate Bars and Ebola (levels: 2, 3)
cause and effect, global economy, inflation, supply , demand, supply and demand, price increase, Ebola, causes of inflation

Chocolate Bars and Ebola (levels: 2, 3)
cause and effect, global economy, inflation, supply , demand, supply and demand, price increase, Ebola, causes of inflation

Choosing the Phone That's Right for You (levels: 5, 6)
summarize, compare and contrast, writing a response to a prompt, comparing cell phones, building vocabulary

Christmas Truce (levels: 3, 4)
World War I, Christmas Truce, note-taking, writing, writing assessment

Cite This, Format That, Assess Validity (levels: 4, 5, 6)
cite evidence, cite sources, analyze text, main idea, supporting details, evaluate sources, assess validity, W.5.1, W.5.4, research, evaluate argument

Close Reading of The Tell-Tale Heart (levels: 3, 4)
reading, close reading, reading comprehension, main idea, supporting details, inference, point of view, summarize

Code-Switching - Language for Different Contexts (levels: 4, 5, 6)
code-switching, reading, writing, context, audience, purpose, speech, language, meaning, translation

College Survival Vocabulary Bingo (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
vocabulary, career pathways

Colonial Influences (levels: 2, 3, 4)
colonial influences, early American history

Common Writing Mistakes - Fragments & Run-ons (levels: 2, 3, 4)
writing, foundational writing skills, writing mistakes, fragments, sentence fragments, run-ons, run-on sentences, punctuation, linking words

Communicating to Increase Safety (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Compare & Contrast Essay (levels: 4, 5)
compare and contrast, compare and contrast essay

Compare and Contrast the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of Government (levels: 2, 3)
compare, contrast, government, branches of government, US government, executive, legislative , judicial

Comparing Governments at the Local, State, and National Level (levels: 2, 3, 4)
government, US government, compare and contrast, local, state, national, federalism

Comparing Health Insurance Plans (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
compare and contrast, evaluate information, evidence, evidence-based decision-making, research

Consumer Scams (levels: 1, 2, 3)
consumer protection, consumer scams, writing a letter, letter writing, writing, writing assessment, language assessment, editing

Context Clues Show Us the Way (levels: 1, 2, 3)
context clues, reading strategy, reading comprehension

Cover Letters (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Cover Letters, career pathways, writing

Current Events (levels: 1, 2, 3)
main idea, supporting details, current events, read for information

Dear Darla (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4)
writing, writing assessment, language assessment, letter writing, editing, health literacy, medical vocabulary

Details, Details, Details (levels: 1, 2, 3)
main idea, supporting details, writing , writing assessment, editing, peer editing

Developing Bedside Manner (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Discrimination and Equal Rights Protection in the Workforce (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Discrimination and Equal Rights Protection in the Workforce, career pathways, writing, civil rights

Disruption of Ecosystems (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Disruption of Ecosystems, scientific method, science, ecology, endangered species

Do You Have the Right Evidence (levels: 3, 4)
evidence, argument, finding evidence, opinion, evaluate evidence

Editing - Capitalization and End Punctuation (levels: 1, 2)
editing, edit, capitalization, end punctuation, punctuation, edit sentences

Ethos, Pathos and Logos in Advertising (levels: 3, 4)
evidence, argument, point of view, persuasion

Ethos, Pathos, Logos in Persuasive Writing (levels: 5, 6)
ethos, pathos, logos, persuasive writing, argument, writing, writing strategies, main idea, supporting details, audience, point of view, letter writing

Exploring Science Terms and Cell Basics (levels: 3, 4, 5)
cell, cells, building blocks

Facilitating Translation (levels: 4, 5, 6)
information technology, literacy, integrating information, presenting information, contextualized lesson plan

FANBOYS - Conjunctions Keep It All Together (levels: 1, 2)
conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, edit, editing

Figuring Out the Problem (levels: 4, 5, 6)
information technology, literacy, technical information, contextualized lesson plan

Financial Responsibility and Career Planning (levels: 1, 2, 3)
financial responsibility, career planning, budget, budgeting, personal finance, consumer economics, Ohio Means Jobs

Find That Clue! (levels: 4, 5, 6)
context, context clue, main idea, supporting details, point of view, audience

Finding Quality Child Care (levels: 1, 2, 3)
main idea, supporting details, evaluate evidence, writing assessment, evidence-based decision-making

Fossil Fuels Debate (levels: 3, 4, 5)
fossil fuel, fossil fuels, evaluating argument, writing argument, alternate energy, debate, fracking, writing an extended response

Fun with Phonics and Limericks (levels: 1, 2)
phonics, limericks, reading, vowels, vowel sounds

Getting a Driver's License (levels: 1, 2, 3)
main idea, supporting details, vocabulary, reading strategies

Getting It Down in Writing (levels: 4, 5, 6)
literacy, write informative text, write explanatory text, contextualized lesson plan, editing

Getting to Good (levels: 4, 5, 6)
manufacturing, contextualized lesson plan, literacy, integrating and presenting information, point of view, write informative text, write explanatory texr

Getting to ISO (levels: 4, 5, 6)
manufacturing, literacy, technical information, contextualized lesson plan

Happening Now! A Lesson on Current Events (levels: 1, 2)
current events, identify main ideas, identify supporting details

Harrison Bergeron - Reading the Text to Find the Answers (levels: 5, 6)
main idea, supporting details, point of view, cite evidence, analyze text, text-dependent questions, close reading

Honey Bee Troubles (levels: 1, 2)
reading, reading for information, main ideas, supporting details, reading strategies, reading comprehension

How Government Works (levels: 5, 6)
government, civics, US government, branches of government, how a bill becomes a law, checks and balances

How To Study For A Test (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, )
study skills, test taking strategies, study strategies, test strategies

I Need More Information! (levels: 2, 3, 4)
research, evaluating sources

Idioms, Similes, and Metaphors (levels: 3, 4)
idioms, similes, metaphors, figurative language

Interviewing Skills - What's Your Elevator Pitch (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Interviewing Skills - What's Your Elevator Pitch, career pathways

Introducing Microsoft Word (levels: 1, 2, 3)
technology, computer skills, Microsoft Word, career pathways

Introducing Poetry (levels: 1, 2, 3)
poetry

Introducing the Memo (levels: 1, 2)
main idea, supporting details, point of view, inference, career pathways

Is College Worth It (levels: 4, 5, 6)
argument, evaluating argument, writing, compare and contrast, main idea, supporting details, evidence, evaluating evidence, research

Is That Movie OK (levels: 2, 3)
reading, reading strategies, text, interpret text, reading skills, evaluate information

Keeping a Clear Record (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan, information technology, literacy, written communication

Keeping Medical Records (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Knowing What Is What (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Labor Unions (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Labor Unions, career pathways

Legos and Effective Communication Skills (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
communication, communication skills, contextualized lesson plan

Letter Writing Basics (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4)
letter writing, writing assessment, language assessment, career pathways

Listen Up! Oral Reports on Current Events , (levels: 2, 3, 4)
public speaking, oral reports, research, current events, note-taking, main idea, supporting details, presentation skills, active reading, reading strategies

Living in a Satirical World (levels: 5, 6)
satire, irony, exaggeration, main idea, supporting details, political cartoons, point of view

Living Longer (levels: 3, 4)
health literacy, research, evaluating sources, reading, reading strategies, comprehension strategies

Making a Grocery List (level: 1)
decoding, reading, reading strategies, alphabetics, word study

Making Choices, Taking Chances (levels: 2, 3)
poetry, poetry reading, previewing, read aloud, visualizing, evaluating theme, making inferences, inference

Managing Medical Conditions (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
health literacy, research, evaluating sources, writing, writing assessment

Mastering Machines (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Math on the Job (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
math on the job, math, career pathways

MTVs Poetry (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
poetry

Navigating the System (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Ohio Statehouse History (levels: 2, 3, 4)
Ohio history, Ohio statehouse history, identifying main idea, identifying supporting details

OhioMeansJobs ELA Scavenger Hunt (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
OhioMeansJobs ELA Scavenger Hunt, career pathways

OTC Medication (levels: 2, 3)
medication, over-the-counter medication, health literacy, reading medicine labels

Parallel Structure (levels: 5, 6)
parallel structure, conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, writing analysis

Patterns in Poetry - Images (levels: 2, 3)
poetry, images, metaphors, symbols

Patterns in Poetry - Rhythm (levels: 2, 3)
poetry, patterns, rhythm, meter, feet , line, stanza

Patterns in Poetry - Sound (levels: 2, 3)
poetry, patterns, sound, phonemic awareness, sound letter correspondence, rhyme scheme, assonance, alliteration

Performing the Heimlich Maneuver (levels: 2, 3)
Heimlich Maneuver, main idea, supporting details

Persuade Me, Please! Reading a Persuasive Essay and Liking It (levels: 4, 5)
writing, writing assessment, reading, persuasive essay, point of view, argument, evidence, research

Picture This (levels: 1, 2, 3)
writing , writing assessment, descriptive writing, program orientation

Planning a Vacation Online (levels: 2, 3)
planning a vacation, digital sources, online sources, using the Internet, geography skills, map, map reading

Poetry as Oral Performance (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4)
poetry

Preparing a Personal Letter (levels: 1, 2)
writing, editing, writing a letter, editing a letter, parts of a letter

Public Speaking and Interviewing Skills (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Public Speaking and Interviewing Skills, career pathways

Putting Safety First (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Reading a Local and National Weather Map (levels: 1, 2, 3)
reading a map, analyzing a map, summarizing

Reading for Information (levels: 1, 2, 3)
reading, main idea, supporting details, reading strategies, reading for information

Reading for Rent Advertisement (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
reading, reading skills, main idea, supporting details, rent , advertisements

Reading Help Wanted Ads (levels: 1, 2)
help wanted ads, reading for information, reading, career pathways

Reading Informational Texts (levels: 1, 2)
main idea, supporting details, informational text

Reading the Newspaper (levels: 2, 3)
reading, reading skills, reading for information, reading the newspaper

Recognizing Bias (levels: 2, 3, 4)
bias, recognizing bias, purpose, point of view, opinion, fact, objective, biased

Rent-to-Own (levels: 3, 4)
rent-to-own, compare and contrast, writing assessment, language assessment, evidence

Researching Landforms and Monuments (levels: 2, 3)
research , writing assessment, main idea, supporting details

Scientific Method (levels: 3, 4, 5)
scientific method, conduct an experiment, writing assessment, hypothesis

Semicolons & Colons (levels: 4, 5, 6)
colons, semicolons, punctuation, grammar

Setting Goals for Success (levels: 2, 3)
writing, writing assessment, goals, goal-setting, SMART goals, program orientation

Shifting Care (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Show Me College Success Skills (levels: 4, 5, 6)
writing, writing assessment, outline, evidence, career pathways

Sight Words Galore (level: 1)
reading, sight words

Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences (levels: 1, 2)
simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, parts of speech, reading

Skin Cancer Prevention (levels: 2, 3)
skin cancer, skin cancer prevention, informational text, main idea, supporting details, science

Slip or Trip - An Investigation of Argumentative Writing (levels: 2, 3, 4)
argument, argumentative writing

Spicing Things Up with Adjectives & Adverbs (levels: 2, 3, 4)
adjectives, adverbs

Strengthen Your Writing (levels: 1, 2, 3)
writing, editing, writing a business letter, career pathways

Study Strategies (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Study Strategies, career pathways

Summarizing Major Ideas (levels: 2, 3, 4)
summarize, main idea

Super Dollar Special (levels: 2, 3)
reading, informational text, main idea, supporting details

Taking Notes for Class (levels: 3, 4)
taking notes, Cornell method, identifying the main idea, identifying supporting details, summarizing, how to take notes, career pathways

Teach Me How-to (Student Presentations) (levels: 1, 2)
student presentations, sequence, technical instructions, analyze

Text Structure and Organization (levels: 3, 4)
text structure, using graphic organizers, graphic organizer

Text Structure in Nonfiction - Construction Contextualization Lesson (levels: 3, 4, 5)
analyzing text structure, text structure, cause and effect, sequence, compare and contrast, chronological, descriptive

Thank You Letter (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Thank You Letter , career pathways

The Effective Resume, Cover Letter, and Follow-Up Letter (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
resume, resume writing, letter writing, cover letter, follow-up letter, job search, career pathways

The Impact of Disease on Our Lives (levels: 3, 4, 5)
analyze, disease, impact of disease

The Price is Right - Writing Customer Quotes (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

The Right Choice (levels: 3, 4, 5)
program orientation, decision-making, decision-making process

The Right to Vote (levels: 3, 4)
right to vote, voting rights, voting amendments, elections, voting, voter, vote

The Stories of History - Narrative Nonfiction (levels: 2, 3)
narrative nonfiction, history, writing assessment, historical events, evidence, main idea, supporting details

Time for a Workout with the Muscle Study Strategy (levels: 5, 6)
reading, reading strategy, career pathways

To Persuade or Not to Persuade. That Is the Question! (levels: 3, 4)
persuasive essay, writing assessment, writing a persuasive essay

Transcendentalism - What Do You Think (levels: 1, 2, 3)
main idea, supporting details, evidence, writing assessment, summarize, paraphrase, Jigsaw

Translating from Content to Product (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

Using a One-Stop Center (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Using a One-Stop Center , career pathways

Using Text Features to Understand Readings (levels: 1, 2)
text features, heading, table of contents, glossary, labels, index, types of print, icons, menu

Vocabulary in the Workforce (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
Vocabulary in the Workforce, career pathways

What are the Issues (levels: 2, 3, 4)
vote, voting, voting rights, election, issues, politics, political issues

What Caused This Effect and Sequencing (levels: 2, 3)
cause and effect, sequence, writing assessment

What Does Your Future Hold - Write a Career Research Paper (levels: 5, 6)
research paper, write a research paper, career pathways

What's Standing In My Way (levels: 3, 4, 5)
program orientation, problem-solving

What's the Right Code (levels: 4, 5, 6)
contextualized lesson plan

What's Your Proof (levels: 4, 5, 6)
argument, evaluating argument, evidence, proof, writing assessment, point of view, persuasion

Where Did You Read THAT - Evaluating Web Sources (levels: 4, 5)
evaluating web sites

Which Text is the Most Complex (levels: , 6)
complex text, analyzing complex text, career pathways

Writing a Friendly Letter (levels: 2, 3, 4)
letter writing, grammar, editing

Writing an Essay - From Deconstructing the Prompt to Editing Online (levels: 2, 3)
writing, writing an essay, writing assessment, reading a prompt, deconstructing a prompt, editing

Writing Style (levels: 2, 3, 4)
writing assessment, writing style, writing