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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Decoding the Dystopian Characteristics of Macintosh's "1984" Commercial
   This lesson uses the "1984" Macintosh Commercial to introduce students to dystopian characteristics. Students analyze techniques used in the commercial and identify the comments that it makes about contemporary society.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Draft Letters: Improving Student Writing through Critical Thinking
   Draft letters ask students to think critically about their writing on a specific assignment before submitting their work to a reader. This lesson explains and provides models for the strategy.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments
   Using a hypothetical situation, students generate arguments from opposing points of view, discover areas of commonality using Venn diagrams, and construct logical, audience-specific arguments to persuade their opponents.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Playlist for Holden: Character Analysis With Music and Lyrics
   Students compile a playlist of 10 songs representing a literary character and explain their choices based on the book's dialogue, plot, conflict, and resolution.