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![I Have a Dream: Exploring Nonviolence in Young Adult Texts](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/591.jpg?h=b35af49c&itok=Gvkj5KpA)
Students will identify how Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of nonviolent conflict-resolution is reinterpreted in modern texts. Homework is differentiated to prompt discussion on how nonviolence is portrayed through characterization and conflict. Students will be formally assessed on a thesis essay that addresses the Six Kingian Principles of Nonviolence.
![Exploring The Prologue to <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> using Wikis](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/592.jpg?h=298f4aff&itok=qZ5iatdf)
![Utilizing Visual Images for Creating and Conveying Setting in Written Text](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/593.jpg?h=790be497&itok=OSWwuM8i)
![Creating Psychological Profiles of Characters in <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1260_0.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=fB6UuHp-)
![Prompting Revision through Modeling and Written Conversations](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1261_0.jpg?h=790be497&itok=dAC9qho7)
![Brave New Words: Novice Lexicography and the Oxford English Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1262_0.jpg?h=790be497&itok=qm9uGlw3)
![Choose, Select, Opt, or Settle: Exploring Word Choice in Poetry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1269_1.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=SGt99Scs)
![Texting a Response to <em>Lord of the Flies</em>](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1270_1.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=8b-GYIQz)
![Using Microblogging and Social Networking to Explore Characterization and Style](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1273.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=va2Hy__f)
![If a Body Texts a Body: Texting in <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1274.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=RczQKWYP)
![Creating Better Presentation Slides through Glance Media and Billboard Design](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1277_1.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=_thNNTwa)
![Persuasive Techniques in Advertising](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1278_1.jpg?h=238b137f&itok=Z2xtSGQu)
Students will be introduced to persuasive techniques used in advertising, analyze advertising, and explore the concepts of demographics, marketing for a specific audience, and dynamic advertising.
![A "Brief, Urgent Message": Theme in <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em>](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1280_0.jpg?h=96327cc0&itok=b6Ks-2pZ)
![Tragic Love: Introducing Shakespeare's <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1282_1.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=z6jX-00g)
This lesson introduces students to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by having them examine the ideas of tragedy and tragic love by connecting the story to their own lives.
![Language and Power in <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em> and the World](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1283_1.jpg?h=0f47bdf6&itok=I_5wNDft)
![Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1286_1.jpg?h=8c1344d8&itok=eelqGg4Z)
Using their voices as interpretive instruments, students gain a deeper appreciation of the art of poetry as they prepare a recitation of the frequently anthologized poem "Those Winter Sundays."
![Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/1287_1.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=FLINpWC1)
Students develop close reading skills connecting sound with sense in the poem "Those Winter Sundays," and write an original text that reflects their new learning.
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