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Goal 3

The learner will refine the understanding and use of argument.

Objective 3.02

Use the problem-solution process by:

studying problems and solutions within various texts and situations.
utilizing the problem-solution process within various contexts/situations.
constructing essays/presentations that respond to a given problem by proposing a solution that includes relevant details.
recognizing and/or creating an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.

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Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt: This lesson will help your students better understand endangered species. It requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Craig Smith.

Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part C: Language Arts: The third lesson of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on language arts. The first two lessons in the unit focus on science and math.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills); By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and and Tori Goldrick.

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Analyzing advice as an introduction to Shakespeare: Students read and analyze the advice given in Mary Schmich's 1997 Chicago Tribune column “Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young,” as an introduction to studying the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Creative communication frames: Discovering similarities between writing and art: Students will build a comparative frame to explore the creative processes of writing and art as communication. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Dynamic duo text talks: Examining the content of Internet sites: Students read a variety of online texts about Anne Frank and the Holocaust prior to more extensive study of these topics. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Geography and your dream job: Introduces students to the five themes of geography. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Inventing and presenting unit 1: Analyzing nonfiction and inventing solutions: Students read about inventors, propose inventions to solve problems they have identified, and build and test their inventions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Inventing and presenting unit 2: Effective speeches and building the invention: Students read about inventors, propose inventions to solve problems they have identified, and build and test their inventions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Inventing and presenting unit 3: Persuasive speaking and invention promotion: Students read about inventors, propose inventions to solve problems they have identified, and build and test their inventions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence: This lesson introduces students to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence and the teachings of Mohandas K. Gandhi that influenced King's views. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

No more bullying: Understanding the problem, building bully-free environments: Students investigate the phenomena of bullying by considering its juxtaposition with the concepts of social justice and empathetic responding. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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