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Source: Sound Cloud by Kristi Reyes (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

Students can practice a listening activity for directions. Students must have a sound cloud account to do this on their own.

Source: Spelling City by Spelling City (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

Students can use this site on their own to practice this selection of 300 frequently used academic vocabulary words is derived from the "Academic Word List" (Coxhead, 2000). Students can also use the site on their own without registration by entering words to hear pronounced and in sentences and doing activities to practice the spelling of the words. There are 30 lists of 10 select words per list from the Academic Word List. Teachers can use the site to create spelling/vocabulary lists for students to practice.

This is a beginning literacy activity for students who are learning the alphabet. They will be able to spell and write their first name, last name and address by the end of the activity.

Source: https://pexels.com by Magda Ehlers (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

Source: https://teachwithmovies.org/amistad/ (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students watch the movie, Amistad, which depicts the 1839 revolt by enslaved Africans aboard the ship, Le Amistad. A U.S. Navy vessel seized the ship and the abolitionists filed a court case to free the Africans. The trial and subsequent appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court brought out the evils of slavery to the public and was a major step in turning the North against the South.

There is a post-viewing enrichment worksheet provided which helps to guide the discussion. Discussions can be continued in class or online in a discussion forum.