Standard 1: Communicating Through Writing

Using the case study, "A Battle of Will & Well Being" (see CPALMS Resource ID # 219822), students will explore the psychological reactions patients may have to recurring illnesses, such as denial, anger, and paranoia, and analyze how healthcare professionals can respond effectively. Through reading a case study, discussing open-ended questions, and collaborating on a revised patient-care scenario, students will develop strategies for empathetic and professional communication. By the end of the lesson, students will reflect on how these skills apply to real-world healthcare settings.

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Using the case study, “Fashion Forward Designs,” students will share their individual experiences with using websites, social media, email, and customer loyalty programs in marketing fashion brands, both from a marketer's and a consumer's perspective. In small groups, students will plan and prepare a role-play scenario, embodying one of the characters from the case study. After the role-play, each student will write a solution to the case study.

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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.

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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.

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Using the case study, Seeing the Light, students will encounter and discuss a business situation at a police light installation company in which communication is unclear. Students will work in teams and then as a class to revise the written instructions to make them clear and easier to follow. Finally, students will journal other work scenarios that illustrate the importance of clear instructions.

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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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Students will brainstorm and write the first draft of their resume in this lesson.

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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.

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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.

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Through an analysis of E. E. Cummings' poem "anyone lived in a pretty how town,” an using the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," as supplemental resources, students will analyze the theme of the importance of the cycle of life and nature as it pertains to human existence. The three texts come from dramatically different genres, time periods, and settings capturing the essence of a universal theme.

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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.

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The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with an opportunity to analyze what the main character thinks, says, and does in order to support a multi-paragraph character analysis that incorporates textual evidence. The example text is Terry Trueman's Inside Out in which the main character, Zach, suffers from schizophrenia. Other suggested titles are provided.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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Students will research various types of amusement park rides and use their findings to design a feasible ride of their own. They will summarize their findings and present their ride design to the class. Each student will then write a persuasive letter to a local amusement park describing the reasons their ride design is the best.

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Students will read Emily Dickinson poems, complete text marking and annotations of the poems, and write a response that explains their analysis of how Emily Dickinson uses figurative language to create tone.

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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.

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Learn to distinguish between passive and active voice and how to revise sentences by changing them from passive voice to active voice in this interactive Space Race-themed tutorial.

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