English Language Arts Grade 6
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Speaking and Listening Standard 5

Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.

• Poetry Workstations
  This Teaching Channel video and lesson plan has students analyze and explore poetry through a class blog and podcasting. (4 minutes)
• ResearchQuest: How is energy transfer and matter cycling affected in a changing ecosystem?
  Developed by the Natural History Museum of Utah, this standards-aligned, online investigation allows students to engage in real world research with museum scientists and their work.
• The Reading Performance
  This lesson from ReadWritethink presents an adaptation of the oral recitation lesson: students talk in explicit terms about prosody and gain a new appreciation for written literature intended for oral performance. Technology activities are integrated to instill the value of technology in shaping students' life-long appreciation of literature.

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