Lesson_Plans

Lesson Plan Sources

 * the "**top**" links (link)
 * Smithsonian ([|link])
 * The Apple ([|link])
 * Scholastic ([|link])
 * Verizon Infinity has excellent links to lessons and activities ([|link])
 * eMints is a great database of lesson plans and links that is searchable by grade and subject ([|link])
 * State of Ohio ([|link])
 * Excellent lesson plans by subject and grad from Alberta, Canada (link)
 * Curriki ([|link])
 * Discovery Educators Network has excellent lesson plans ([|link]) and resources from other teacher ([|link])
 * Even if they don't find the //exact// resource that you are seeking, review a few and get inspired to design your own!
 * Alabama Learning Exchange ([|link])
 * Ideas to Inspire ([|link])
 * eMints lesson plan database from University of Missouri (link)
 * The League ([|link])
 * Lesson Corner ([|link])
 * Science teachers should visit NSTA.org ([|link])
 * Ideas to Inspire ([|link])
 * HotChalk's lesson plans ([|link])
 * ProTeacher ([|link]) - click on the "Directory" square
 * HP teacher Exchange ([|link])
 * Lesson plans for users of Inspiration software ([|link]) and award-winning plans ([|link])
 * Virtual Middle School Library lesson plans and projects ([|links])
 * Teach42 activities ([|link])

Lesson Plan Ideas
>> keyword from a paraphrasing activity >> interpreting a poem or picture >> main ideas of a story >> main idea of an original paper and revised paper >> attributes of friend vs bully >> two presidential speeches >> nouns, verbs, etc >> plot setting, conflict, etc
 * 1) You should not have to Google very much if you have a quality Personal Learning Network (PLN) and can tap into other people's resources. If you must do a Google search, consider these keywords ([|link])
 * 2) Good educational blogs ([|link])
 * 3) Create a **Google Docs** document or Wiki so that students can post questions about classwork or homework. Maybe other students will answer them.
 * 4) Design a **Google Docs** document template that students use to enter information, such as lab results or the introductory paragraph of a paper. Since it is online, students cannot lose it.
 * 5) **Diigo**
 * 6) Create a virtual field trip using Diigo's Webslides tool
 * 7) Create an overview of science experiment using Diigo's Webslides tool
 * 8) Create background collection of websites to preview an upcomming unit using Diigo's Webslides tool.
 * 9) **Wordle.net**
 * 10) Use a word cloud to point out grammar problems or missing topics from a paper.
 * 11) Have students write brief comments and aggregate them into a word cloud (try it with class expectations)
 * 12) Create a word cloud from text (copy & paste) to provide an overview of main topics.
 * 13) Compare two word clouds of famous speeches from different people.
 * 14) Compare two word clouds of different speeches from the same person.
 * 15) Quick and easy way to show results from class polls (try it with character traits from a book)
 * 16) Compare and contrast coverage of major news stories from newspapers around the world.
 * 17) summarize main ideas before a unit
 * 18) summarize main ideas after a unit
 * 19) show vocabulary for foreign langauge before a unit
 * 20) summarize text to describe characters in a book or story
 * 21) summarize class responses (twitteverse, chat, piratepad.net, Google Doc)
 * 1) compare and contrast two Wordles
 * 1) summarize student written work to confirm their intended focus
 * 2) summarize text and make a quiz (more points for smaller terms?)
 * 3) first step towards building a concept map
 * 4) background image for a presentation
 * 5) show a few speeches or historical documents and student figure out the source
 * 6) show a foreign language poem/storylyrics and have students find the source
 * 7) ice breaker - students describe themselves and other students figure out the source
 * 8) discuss choice and frequency of words in a poem
 * 9) compare different parts of the same book
 * 10) students color different types of words
 * 1) students create a poem or story from the major Wordle terms
 * 2) identify the misspelled words or words that do not relate to the topic