E.T. Write Home

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E.T. Write Home

Description:

After reading "The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System", the students will pretend they're E.T. and write letters home in a journal format, describing his adventures through the solar system.

Education Levels:

1, 2, Kindergarten

Subject:

Writing (composition), Literature

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Solar system, Space, E.T., Magic School Bus, Letter writing, Planets, Cole, Joanna, Extraterrestrials, Aliens

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Susan Mercer

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.

The student uses knowledge and experience to tell about experiences or to write for familiar occasions, audiences, and purposes.

1. writes informally (for example, journal entries, reading response, poetry)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand A: Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

The student reads for information to use in performing a task and learning a new task.

1. reads informational texts for specific purposes (including but not limited to performing a task, learning a new task, sequentially carrying out the steps of a procedure, locating information to answer a question)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand C: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 1: The student uses listening strategies effectively.

The student listens for a variety of informational purposes, including curiosity, pleasure, getting directions, performing tasks, solving problems, and following rules.

1. listens for information and pleasure

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student makes a plan for writing that includes a central idea and related ideas.

1. generates ideas before writing on self-selected topics and assigned tasks

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student produces final simple documents that have been edited for

correct spelling;
appropriate end punctuation;
correct capitalization of initial words, "I," and names of people;
correct sentence structure;
and correct usage of age-appropriate verb/subject and noun/pronoun agreement.

3. uses conventions of punctuation (including but not limited to periods, question marks, exclamation points; commas in dates, series of words, and in greetings and closings in letters)

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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