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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   11 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future
    After reading John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player," students write poems describing themselves five years in the future. The teacher takes the poems and mails them to students in five years.
22. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters
    Students analyze World War II posters, as a group and then independently, to explore how argument, persuasion and propaganda differ.
23. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    A Significant Influence: Describing an Important Teacher in Your Life
    In this project, students write tributes to teachers who have made a profound difference in their lives then publish their work in a class collection.
24. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Assessing Cultural Relevance: Exploring Personal Connections to a Text
    As a class, students evaluate a nonfiction or realistic fiction text for its cultural relevance to themselves personally and as a group.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    A Tale of a Few Text Messages: A Character Study of A Tale of Two Cities
    Students use A Tale of Two Cities to explore relationships, plot points, character traits, and background by writing text messages between characters within the novel.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Audio Listening Practices: Exploring Personal Experiences with Audio Texts
    Students keep a daily diary that records how and when they listen to audio texts, then analyze the details and compare their results to published reports on American radio listeners.
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Authentic Persuasive Writing to Promote Summer Reading
    Turn summer reading lists from a teacher-centered requirement to a student-driven exploration by asking students to create brochures and flyers that suggest books to explore during the summer months.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender-Fair Pronouns
    Students engage in a brief writing assignment that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally.
29. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
    Students "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters, using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives.
30. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Beyond "What I Did on Vacation": Exploring the Genre of Travel Writing
    After reading and analyzing short examples of travel writing and discussing conventions of the genre, students write their own travel articles.

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