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Poetry
lesson: This lesson gives the structure of a diamonte poem.
An example is given to give clarity to this type of poem. Students
download powerful images from the Internet with the intent of writing
a diamonte poem. The student has the option to insert the image
into various programs. Once they have selected a program to place
the image, they will type up their poem.
Lessons
on synonyms and antonyms: This Marco Polo style lesson focuses
on synonyms and antonyms. The objective of this lesson is
to enhance the
student's writing skills. This lesson will demonstrate how a writing
piece can improve by diversifying the vocabulary once they realize
words they might use repetitively has a synonym or an antonym.
Complete
the sentence. Younger audiences can read imcomplete sentences
and pick the picture that will best complete the sentence. They
will get immediate feedback for their responses.
Playing
Doctor Students take on the role of a doctor. They are given
the medical history of patients and a break down of their weekly
diet. The students must determine what the patient needs to eliminate
from their diet or add to their diet in order to feel better.
Writing
for "The Food Times." Your students will be responsible for
producing articles for a newspaper about foods that interest them.
During this project, they will learn about the history of various
food items as they participate in a fun activity that encourages
creativity and enhances writing skills.
Menu
Planner A new health restaurant has hired your students to create
10 different meals for your customers. The meals should be balanced,
tasty and healthy. Once they have come up with meals, they need
to design menus to represent their meals.
Unsramble
Recipes! A chef has scrambled his recipe book. He has the measurments
and the ingredients to make different recipes, but they have been
separated. Your students must help him determine which ingredient
goes with which measurment.