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Jonathan Edwards and the art of persuasion: In this lesson, students will study the elements of persuasive writing in Jonathan Edward's “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” according to the following criteria: speaker, audience, occasion, and means of persuasion, and then analyze a contemporary piece of writing, such as an advertisement, for similar elements.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Dave Guiley.

Justice for All? To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill: Following a study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, students will view the courtroom scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill and determine factors which influenced the verdicts in each trial.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Becky Ackert and Deborah Belknap.

Literature-based newspaper: Their Eyes were Watching God: Students will create an Eatonville newspaper depicting the characters and events in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes were Watching God.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Jennifer Swartz.

Thematic and Organizational Patterns in McLaurin's "The Rite Time of Night": Students will learn to identify and color-code thematic and organizational patterns found in the narrative and then use two-column notetaking to highlight how these patterns helped McLaurin give his story focus and organization. As a suggested follow-up activity, students are given ideas for writing their own narratives, using similar techniques as McLaurin.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts); By Vickie Smith.

“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 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

Broken worlds: This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, provides a variety of options for conducting comparative analysis between two plays. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 Theatre Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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

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

Designing museum exhibits for “The Grapes of Wrath”: A multigenre project: In this lesson, students read The Grapes of Wrath and create multigenre projects that explore issues from the Depression era. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

The Devil and Daniel Webster: In this lesson, from Illuminations, students examine a recursive sequence. They approximate and interpret rates of change from numerical data and draw reasonable conclusions about the situation being modeled. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics and English Language Arts); Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Examining transcendentalism through popular culture: This lesson, presented by ReadWriteThink, examines the elements of transcendentalism and challenges students to find examples of the literary movement in popular culture. (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

From Friedan forward—considering a feminist perspective: In this lesson that focuses on feminism, students are challenged to think about how opinions develop and change based on such things as age, experience, time, and place. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Literary parodies: Exploring a writer's style through imitation: In this lesson, students analyze the features of a poet's work and then create their own poems based on the original model. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Making connections to myth and folktale: The many ways to “Rainy Mountain”: In this assignment, students write a three-voice narrative based on N. Scott Momaday’s structure in The Way to Rainy Mountain. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Mark Twain and American humor: Students examine structure and characterization in the short story and consider the significance of humor through a study of Mark Twain's “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Outside in: Finding a character's heart through art: In this lesson, students explore the idea of alienation by examining Edward Hopper's art and Raymond Carver's fiction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Poetry: Sound and sense: In this lesson, students read and listen to several poems while concentrating on the author's language choices. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE