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Escapes: This lesson will help students become more understanding of cultural differences. Students will analyze the theme of escape in two poems. They will recognize and record literary elements found in the poems and connect the poems to life in a meaningful way.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Teachers Connect.

Evaluating Conclusions: Using the North Carolina End-of-Course II March 1998 prompt, students will evaluate seven conclusions which use A Doll's House for the prompt response.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Carol Harris2.

Looking Back - An Art/English/History Interdisciplinary unit: This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. By students learning to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature, students then take this knowledge base and interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and oral presentation.

The lesson can be modified to take two weeks or longer. Some of the activites are designed for long-term assignments.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); By Julie Osmon.

The scarlet “A”: Role-play in writing: This lesson was created to follow a close reading and examination of Nathanial Hawthorne's A Scarlet Letter. The plan uses a small group format and rotation schedule. The activities created strengthen students' understanding of an author's use of characterization, while reinforcing reading and creative writing skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Tonya White.

What is poetry?: This lesson introduces students to the poetic process. They will be able to connect poetry to life in a meaningful way become more careful readers of poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Teachers Connect.

Analyzing symbolism, plot, and theme in Death and the Miser: In this lesson, students apply analytical skills to an exploration of the early Renaissance painting Death and the Miser by Hieronymous Bosch. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 10 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

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.
(Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 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

Draft letters: Improving student writing through critical thinking: This lesson challenges students to think critically about their writing on a specific assignment before submitting their work to a reader. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 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

Form and theme in the traditional Mexican Corrido: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students learn about the traditional Mexican musical form of corridos, which dates back to the 1800s and continues to be very popular. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Music Education, Social Studies, and English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Gods, heroes, and other celebrated Greeks: This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, is designed to help students shape a frame of reference for examining specific areas of ancient Greek influence on Western thought and culture. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Identifying and understanding the fallacies used in advertising: Students examine the fallacies that they encounter daily through exposure to advertising. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Is a sentence a poem?: In this lesson, students analyze syntax, imagery, and meaning in a chosen one-sentence poem to decide what makes it a poem. Then students write one-sentence poems describing a picture. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 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

Magazine redux: An exercise in critical literacy: This lesson prompts students to act as critical readers as they consider how and why their approach and experiences differ when reading an online version versus a print version of a magazine. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

So what do you think? Writing a review: After examining samples of movie, music, restaurant, and book reviews, students devise guidelines for writing interesting and informative reviews. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Using student-centered comprehension strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night": Working in small groups, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE