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Adding Support and Detail Without Getting Arrested!: This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of using facts to support ideas and to interpret (elaborate on) those facts in order to create a synthesized paragraph.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts); By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.

Heaven or Groundhog Day?: This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents with its non-print text base, the movie Groundhog Day. The pre-viewing activities prepare students for the allusions in the movie and include cultural literacy. The teacher can pick and choose from the activities to apply the concept of personal growth. The teacher may select from activities for science, workplace ethics, music, computer competency, and English language arts. The teacher may modify any of the attachments to suit the students' needs and interests.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts, Music Education, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Julia Millush.

Romeo! Why Do You Have to Be a Doggone Montague?: Students will interpret and comprehend Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Act 2, Scene 2 (the balcony scene) through translating the original text and preparing a dramatic presentation of the scene for the class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); By Amanda Rowland.

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

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

Avoiding sexist language by using gender-fair pronouns: This ReadWriteThink lesson plan engages students in a brief writing assignment that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Blogtopia: Blogging about your own utopia: In this lesson, students study utopian literature, design a unique utopian society and publish an explanation of their ideal world on a blog. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Building Vietnam War scavenger hunts through web-based inquiry: After reading a book about the Vietnam War, students, working in small groups, adopt the perspective of members of a group involved in the war (e.g., soldier, nurse, doctor, photojournalist, TV reporter) and conduct Internet research to explore how that particular group was affected. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); 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

Critical reading: Two stories, two authors, same plot?: This lesson encourages students to read and respond critically to two different pieces of literature with the same title. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Decoding “The Matrix”: Exploring dystopian characteristics through film: In this lesson, students are introduced to the definition and characteristics of a dystopian work by watching video clips from The Matrix and other dystopian films. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Exploring literature through letter writing groups: Working in groups, students will explore a work of literature by exchanging a series of open-ended letters. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying": Crossing the River: Students consider the symbolism of the river crossing in As I Lay Dying and how Faulkner's use of multiple narrative perspectives relates to the author's thematic concerns. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments: In this lesson that focuses on the art of persuasion and argumentation, students use a hypothetical situation to predict and articulate the audience’s predicted resistance to their arguments. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Focus on first lines: Increasing comprehension through prediction strategies: In this lesson, students examine opening sentences in literary works and make predictions about the content of the texts they will read later. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Graffiti wall: Discussing and responding to literature using graphics: In collaborative groups, students create graphics that illustrate elements of fiction in student-selected novels. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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