Pee in a Cup: Finding Voice
13-year old student example of Voice in Writing: Giving them that urine sample, that’s always a pleasure isn’t it. There …
Category Archives: Point of View
I wish words…
Use this artifact (or make one yourself) and challenge students to find passages that might be able to change lives, …
Three Photographs/Three Words
Teacher notes: The following lesson ideas incorporate reading expectations 1.5 and 1.8 for intermediate level students. Three Photographs/Three Words Choose …
Family Literacy Activities
Literacy Activities for the Whole Family Play with words Bake a favourite …
Critique Bubble Football: Media Literacy
Have your students watch this short video of “Bubble Soccer” and generate what the rules of this sport might be. …
Supermodels Without Makeup: Media Literacy
Have your students scroll down through the pictures of the models until they get to the last two (2 men …
Why don’t secondary students read what’s assigned?
Have your intermediate students watch this video and state what implications might be if the video: was created by a …
High-tech Japanese toilet: how does it compare to what we use?
Kids Web Japan’s series of articles on high-tech toilets offers an overview of the history of toilets in Japan and an …
False “Heat and Maturity” claim endangers Pakistani Children: What do your students think?
“Children in Pakistan grow up faster than those elsewhere because of the country’s hot climate and spicy food, according to …
War Horse-Junior/intermediate Point of View Lesson
Artists Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones describe their War Horse puppet as an “emotional prosthesis.”* It takes three puppeteers working …
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