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A “defining moment” in editorial writing: Students will be introduced to the definition mode of writing. Students will learn to define a particular subject by responding in an editorial format. Students will first compose an editorial graphic organizer, which will aid in composing a completed editorial using the writing process. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited English student.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Susan Brooks and Carrie Mabry.

Highlighting Revisions, Glossing Changes: By highlighting their revisions and explaining (i.e.,glossing) the changes they have made to a draft of their work, students will not only become more proficient writers but will also become more conscious of the process of revision and thus more reflective writers. Further, teachers will find it easier to monitor and evaluate student revisions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Peter Bobbe.

"I Declare, I believe this document May Flower!": The learner will apply ideas of self-government as expressed in America's founding documents. To be used with/for SLD and other exceptional students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Gary Peterson.

Improving Student Essay Writing: English II teachers are constantly searching for strategies to improve students' analytical responses to literature. This lesson is designed for all types of learners, offering various activities for all learning styles. Individual, small group, and whole class activities on essay writing culminate with the student writing his or her own formal response to literature.

This generic writing activity may be used with any literary unit and at any point in your students' development of the writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Shawn Parker.

Replica of a Period Newspaper/World Literature: Students will research a specific time in history in order to create the front page of a newspaper relevant to the selected time period.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Kim Dechant.

Sentence Combining and Decombining: Students will focus on stylistic choices and sentence fluency by combining, decombining, and recombining sentences in professional writing, peer writing, and their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); By Peter Bobbe.

War Is...: Upon consideration of the perspectives on war from their classmates, the poet Stephen Crane in "War is Kind," and various characters from All Quiet on the Western Front, students will write an editorial for the school newspaper in which they share opinions about war.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Rhonda Dillingham.

"Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens": Students read, discuss, and write about "Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens" by Spencer Johnson, M.D., a parable about life's changes, and how best to benefit from them. By reading the parable, students will learn ways to react positively to inevitable change, and gain insight into their personal decision-making processes regarding changes in their lives, now and in the future.

This lesson plan is modified for Advanced English Language Learners in the 9th and 10th grades. It is written for 45 minute class periods, but can be modified for 90 minute block classes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Ann Gerber.

You Ate What??: After reading the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, students will use primary sources to relate Paul's experience to the life of a North Carolina soldier. Students will create their own primary source journal entry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Kari Siko.

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

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

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

Propaganda techniques in literature and online political ads: This lesson suggests using Aldous Huxley's Brave New World to introduce students to propaganda techniques used in literature and popular culture. This short unit would be appropriate to use with various novels and when discussing advertising campaigns used in government elections. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 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 technology to analyze and illustrate symbolism in Night.: This step-by-step lesson introduces students to Elie Wiesel's use of symbolism in his autobiographical novel, Night. After learning about symbolism and discussing its use in the book, students create photomontages using online resources. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

What's my subject? A subject-verb agreement mini-lesson: In this lesson, students explore subject–verb agreement using real-life examples from newspapers and song lyrics. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE