Content:

A Rivers Project Curriculum 

The Rivers Language Arts Unit

Lesson 1 River Awareness and Journal 

Teacher Notes for Lesson 1 

Teacher Guide 1.1: Media Survey of Local River and Stream Issues 

Teacher Presentation 1.2: Earth Toss 

Teacher Presentation 1.3: Freshwater Demonstration 

Student Information 1.1: Keeping a Journal 

Student Information 1.2: Safety Guidelines and Contract 

Student Assessment 1.3: Portfolio 

Student Activity 1.4: Observing and Recording at a River or Stream 

Student Activity 1.5: Writing Prompts for a River or Stream 

Student Activity 1.6: Working with Found Objects

Lesson 2 Expressive Writing 

Teacher Notes for Lesson 2 

Student Information 2.1: The Writing Process 

Student Information 2.2: RAFTS

 Student Information 2.3: Poetry in Many Forms 

Student Activity 2.4: Writing Floats 

Student Activity 2.5: A Children's Story

Lesson 3 Journalism 

Teacher Notes for Lesson 3 

Student Information 3.1: Introduction to News Writing 

Student Information 3.2: Writing News Articles 

Student Activity 3.3: From Information to News to Feature 

Student Information 3.4: Writing Feature Stories

Lesson 4 Interviewing 

Teacher Notes for Lesson 4 

Student Information 4.1: Introduction to News Writing 

Student Information 4.2: Writing News Articles 

Student Activity 4.3: Model Interview 

Student Activity 4.4: Conducting a River Interview 

Student Assessment 4.5: Turning an Interview to Good Results

Lesson 5 Political Action Letters and Letters to the Editor 

Teacher Notes for Lesson 5 

Student Information 5.1: Writing Letters to the Editor 

Student Information 5.2: Writing Political-Action Letters 

Student Information 5.3: Writing a Letter to the Editor or Political-Action Letter

Lesson 6  Oral Presentation

Teacher Notes for Lesson 6

Student Information 6.1: Preparing an Effective Oral Presentation
Student Activity 6.2:  Outlining an Oral Presentation
Student Activity 6.3: Creating Visual Aids for an Oral Presentation
Student Act Assessment 6.4: Delivering an Effective Oral Presentation
Student Activity 6.5: Listening to Oral Presentations
		

Lesson 7  Technical Writing
		

Teacher Notes for Lesson 7		

Student Activity 7.1: It's What you Say: Oral Directions

Student Activity 7.2:  It's What you Write: Written Directions
Student Information 7.3: Good Technical Writing
Student Information 7.4: Lab Reports and Technical Reports
Student Activity 7.5: Strategic Planning for Technical Reports
Student Assessment 7.6: A Rivers Technical Report

River Literature 

Teacher Notes for Lesson 8
Student Information 8.1: River of Dreams
Student Activity 8.2: Personification Poem
Student Activity 8.3: Found Poem
Student Activity 8.4: Gathering and Using River Knowledge
Student Activity 8.5: Dialectical Journal
Teacher Information 8.6: A River Runs Through It
Student Activity 8.7: Writing a Personal Narrative

Appendix A 
River Language Arts Assessment
Teacher Notes for Creative Nonfiction and the River
Challenge Project: Creative Nonfiction and the River

Appendix B  

Sample Reader Response Questions

Appendix C	 

Annotated Bibliography for Rivers Language Arts
Fiction Involving River or Water
River and Nature Anthologies
Nonfiction About Rivers and Water
River and Water Poetry
Children's Books About Rivers and Water
Books About Writing
Media

Glossary

Description and Picture

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