Teaching Ideas for Language Arts

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Teaching Ideas for Language Arts

• Special Education
• Sara Harrelson
• 03/19/2002

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Topics of Language Arts

• Reading/Comprehension
• Writing
• Vocabulary

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Reading/Comprehension

• Book of students interest
• Post-it notes
• Highlight key words/phrases
• Ask thought provoking questions
• Use internet and/or games. Crossword puzzles for
  some comprehension fun
• Make a project

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Writing

• Creative prompts
• Book used in class
• View a painting
• A round-robin group activity

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Vocabulary

• Take words from reading material
• Have the students practice words
• Test the students skills
• Have students make an anagram with their name
  use a thesaurus to create bigger words
• Give a word, like butterfly, and ask them to
  create as many words as they can from this word

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