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Weaving the multigenre web: In this lesson, students read novels, analyze the literary elements, and create a multigenre project to present information to their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

A poem of possibilities: Thinking about the future: Inspired by John Updike’s poem “Ex-Basketball Player,&rdquo each student creates a poem or prose poem presenting a vivid picture of who he or she will be five years in the future. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Paying attention to technology: Exploring a fictional technology: This lesson asks students to complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology and then compare their opinions to the ideas in a novel that depicts technology (such as 1984, Brave New... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Monsters: In this lesson, from ARTSEDGE, students use Beowulf to investigate views about “monsters” in society. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 12 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Music Education); Provided by: 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); Provided by: 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 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); Provided by: National Geographic

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); Provided by: 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); Provided by: 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... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Audio broadcasts and podcasts: Oral storytelling and dramatization: In this lesson, students explore the historical information surrounding the broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and develop criteria for producing their own podcast of a literary work. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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