ALEX Learning Activity Resources

ALEX Learning Activities

Title: Fact and Opinion Interactive Game
Digital Tool: PBS Arthur Facts & Opinions Game
Web Address URL: http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/factsopinions.html
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (9) 17:

17 ) Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. [RI.9-10.8]

Digital Tool Description: This game encompasses a mini-lesson on facts and opinions, and then students are able to play an interactive game to assess their knowledge. Great way to introduce facts and opinions.

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Title: Fact and Opinion Interactive Game
Digital Tool: PBS Arthur Facts & Opinions Game
Digital Tool Description: This game encompasses a mini-lesson on facts and opinions, and then students are able to play an interactive game to assess their knowledge. Great way to introduce facts and opinions.

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Title: Musical Metaphors and Similes
Digital Tool: Metaphor and Simile Video
Web Address URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1c6zF9aJxs&feature=player_embedded
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (9) 13:

13 ) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). [RI.9-10.4]

Digital Tool Description: This video can be used in a variety of ways with multiple grade levels to teach metaphors and similes.

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Title: Musical Metaphors and Similes
Digital Tool: Metaphor and Simile Video
Digital Tool Description: This video can be used in a variety of ways with multiple grade levels to teach metaphors and similes.

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Title: Odysseus: Epic Hero, Epic Journey
Digital Tool: Hero's Journey
Web Address URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hero-journey-30069.html
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (9) 4:

4 ) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). [RL.9-10.4]

Digital Tool Description: Using this interactive from Read Write Think, students will be able to chart details about Odysseus's journey that are unique to epic heroes. Categories include: name and description of hero, unusual birth, the call to adventure, the supernatural helper, talisman/special weapon, crossing the threshold, trials, achievement of goal, and reconciliation with a father figure.

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Title: Odysseus: Epic Hero, Epic Journey
Digital Tool: Hero's Journey
Digital Tool Description: Using this interactive from Read Write Think, students will be able to chart details about Odysseus's journey that are unique to epic heroes. Categories include: name and description of hero, unusual birth, the call to adventure, the supernatural helper, talisman/special weapon, crossing the threshold, trials, achievement of goal, and reconciliation with a father figure.