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Standard Course of Study :: English I

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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English I

Goal 2, Objective 2.04

Goal 2

The learner will explain meaning, describe processes, and answer research questions to inform an audience.

Objective 2.04

Form and refine a question for investigation, using a topic of personal choice, and answer that question by:

  • deciding upon and using appropriate methods such as interviews with experts, observations, finding print and non-print sources, and using interactive technology or media.
  • prioritizing and organizing the information.
  • incorporating effective media and technology to inform or explain.
  • report (in written and/or presentational form) the research in an appropriate form for a specified audience.

Resources aligned to this objective

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That Was Then, This Is Now
Students will explore various career topics and study technological changes over last 30 years.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
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“You're the Top!” Pop culture then and now
In an exploration of Cole Porter's song, “You're the Top!,” students write about present-day pop culture and learn about pop culture of the past. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Analyzing the purpose and meaning of political cartoons
In this lesson, students evaluate political cartoons for their meaning, message, and persuasiveness. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Analyzing the stylistic choices of political cartoonists
In this lesson, students learn terminology that describes comics and political (or editorial) cartoons and discuss how the cartoonists' choices influence the messages that they communicate. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Animals versus people: Who's the better navigator?
This Xpeditions lesson asks students to focus on people's innate navigational abilities. They first read about animal navigation and then compare animal and human navigational capabilities. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Science and English Language Arts)
Provider: National Geographic
Audio listening practices: Exploring personal experiences with audio texts
In this lesson designed to develop students’ involvement with media literacy, students keep a daily diary that records how and when they listen to radio, music (e.g., songs on MP3 players, podcasting), and other streaming media or archived broadcasts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Authentic persuasive writing to promote summer reading
Invites students to create brochures and flyers that suggest books and genres to explore during the summer months. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives

In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students select American authors to research. They create timelines and biopoems about their authors and then collaborate in teams to design and present a panel presentation where they role-play their authors. The final project requires each student to synthesize information about his or her author in an essay that will be posted online at the U.S. Literary Map Project website. Extension activities include writing a formal research paper and reading other works by the selected authors.

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Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Comic makeovers: Examining race, class, ethnicity, and gender in the media
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics over a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a “comic character makeover.” (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Communicating on local issues: Exploring audience in persuasive letter writing
Students research a local issue using Internet and print resources and write a persuasive letter defending their position to two audiences. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Copyright infringement or not? The debate over downloading music
In this lesson, students investigate the controversial topic of downloading music from the Internet as part of a persuasive debate unit. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Discovering a passion for poetry with Langston Hughes
In this lesson, students explore contemporary youth poetry as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes, placing the poems in their historical context. They go on to create their own poems that communicate a personal view on a current world issue. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Environmental issues in the polar regions
Students will learn about how environmental problems affect the polar regions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
Exploring cross-age tutoring activities with Lewis and Clark
Students use the book How We Crossed the West by Rosalyn Schanzer, along with interactive activities and websites, to explore the events of the Lewis and Clark expedition. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Geography and history in songs
Students look at some historical paintings on the Internet and describe the things the paintings reveal about the places depicted in the paintings. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Geographic
Id, ego, and superego in Dr. Seuss's “Cat in the Hat”
In this lesson, students explore plot, theme, characterization, and psychoanalytical criticism using The Cat in the Hat. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Literary scrapbooks online: An electronic reader-response project
This lesson leads students to reflect on and respond to literature by creating an online scrapbook. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Naming in a digital world: Creating a safe persona on the Internet
In this lesson that investigates Internet safety, students explore naming conventions in digital and non-digital settings then choose and explain specific names and profiles to represent themselves online. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Novel news: Broadcast coverage of character, conflict, resolution, and setting
In this lesson, which is a twist on readers' theater, students are challenged to prepare original news programs based on incidents in a recent reading. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
The peace journey: Using process drama in the classroom
In this lesson, students respond to an imaginary advertisement, role-play, and work in small groups to develop a visual map as they explore the notion of peace. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE