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| Resumes Part 3: Writing My Resume: | Students will brainstorm and write the first draft of their resume in this lesson. |
| Resumes Part 2: Writing a Resume's Experience Section: | To practice resume writing, students will conduct research on a famous person and write the work/volunteer experience section of the person’s resume in this lesson. |
| Let Me Introduce You: Character Introductions in The Canterbury Tales: | In this lesson series, students will analyze how Geoffrey Chaucer introduces some of his characters in the prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Students will analyze Chaucer's introduction and portrayal of the characters. They will examine the text for directly stated characteristics, and draw inferences supported by appropriate evidence from the text. The lesson includes a graphic organizer and sample answer key. A number of writing prompts have been included throughout the lesson, and a writing rubric has been provided as well. |
| Exploring Voice in Poetry: | Students will explore poetic expression, both written and spoken, and evaluate its significance as a medium for social commentary. Students will also examine literary devices including metaphor, simile, symbolism, and point of view. |
| Native American Myth Writing - Creating Our Own Creation Stories: | In this third and final lesson of the Native American Myth Unit, the students will use what they learned in the first two lessons to create original myths. They will use vivid, sensory language, well-structured event sequences, and standard English conventions as they go through the various stages of drafting, editing, and publishing. |
| Show Me a Hero, and I Will Write You a Tragedy – F. Scott Fitzgerald - Part 3: | This is Part three of a three-part series on the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Students will analyze F. Scott Fitzgerald's inspirations for both his characters and stories. In this lesson, students will analyze a 1928 portrait of Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee as a stimulus for creating an original character living during the glitter and glamour of the 1920s. Finally, using compiled textual evidence recorded throughout the three lessons, students will create a narrative in the style of Fitzgerald for Louise Brooks. |
| Show Me a Hero, and I Will Write You a Tragedy – F. Scott Fitzgerald - Part 2: | This is Part two of this three-part series on the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Through reading and analyzing excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "The Offshore Pirate" (1920) in Flappers and Philosophers, students will examine the characterization of Artida and Carlyle and compare the two characters. |
| Gatsby Universal Themes Analysis – F. Scott Fitzgerald - Part 1: | This is Part one of a three-part series that focuses on passages from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Through reading, text marking, and participating in collaborative discussions, students will analyze the universal themes: “Success can be corrupted by greed,” and “Irresponsibility can lead to destruction.” |
| Analyzing the Rhetoric of JFK’s Inaugural Address: | Students will identify rhetorical terms and methods, examine the rhetorical devices of JFK's inaugural address, and analyze and evaluate the effects of the rhetorical devices on the delivered speech. |
| Assessing Patient’s Airway, Breathing and Circulation: | Using the case study, Assessing Patient’s Airway, Breathing and Circulation, students will be to describe the characteristics of adequate breathing, describe the characteristics of inadequate breathing, demonstrate ability to communicate with coworkers, patients and patient’s family members, document patient signs and symptoms, treatments, and outcomes. Students will also be able to determine a suspected diagnosis. |
| Close Reading Poetry Analysis Lesson 1: Figurative Language Creates Tone: | Students will identify and analyze how Emily Dickinson uses figurative language to create tone. Students will complete text marking and annotations to show their analysis and will write a response that explains their analysis. |
| Close Reading Poetry Analysis Lesson 2: Figurative Language and Theme: | Students will identify and analyze how two authors use figurative language to support the themes of each of their poems. Students will complete text marking and annotations to show their analysis of each, and will write a response that explains their analysis of each. |
| Possible Effects of Social Media Use on Careers: | Using the case study, “Digital Dangers: The Impact of Your Personal Digital Footprint in the Workplace," students will research rules and regulations on social media use by education professional responsible for minors. They will develop an outcome scenario that addresses a universal theme and the impact of social media posts on person’s career. |
| Resumes Part 4: Revising My Resume: | Students will revise the first draft of their resumes, complete a self-assessment, and evaluate two peers’ resumes in this lesson. |
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