Legends Old and New

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Legends Old and New

Description:

In this activity, student teams read Native American legends from books and Web sites, write an original legend with enriched word choice and elaboration, and practice volume, pacing, stress, and pronunciation through a suede/flannel board presentation.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Writing (composition), Reading, Literature

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Creative writing, Public speaking, Folktales, Oral presentations, Legends, Native American literature, Fiction

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Martha Grant

Is Part Of:

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

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

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

Strand C: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.

The student understands how volume, stress, pacing, and pronunciation can positively or negatively affect an oral presentation.

1. evaluates classroom presentations according to volume, stress, pacing, and pronunciation

Conforms To

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

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student drafts and revises writing that

is focused, purposeful, and reflects insight into the writing situation;
conveys a sense of completeness and wholeness with adherence to the main idea;
has an organizational pattern that provides for a logical progression of ideas;
has support that is substantial, specific, relevant, concrete, and/or illustrative;
demonstrates a commitment to and an involvement with the subject;
has clarity in presentation of ideas;
uses creative writing strategies appropriate to the purpose of the paper;
demonstrates a command of language (word choice) with freshness of expression;
has varied sentence structure and sentences that are complete except when fragments are used purposefully;
and has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics, usage, and punctuation.

6. uses an effective organizational pattern and substantial support to achieve a sense of completeness or wholeness (for example, considering audience, sequencing events, choosing effective words; using specific details to clarify meaning)

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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