Playlist: Full ELA
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
Writing About Art: The Scream
Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.
More Specific than “Smart”
When students are told that they’re “smart”, what does this word actually mean to them? (Psst. It isn’t what we intended.)
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Propaganda and Logical Fallacies
Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.
Studying and Remixing “The Raven”
Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?
Greekymon
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.