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- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.