Access Point Number | Access Point Title |
ELA.10.C.1.AP.2 | Write a narrative using an appropriate pace to create tension, mood and/or tone. |
Name | Description |
The Art of Selling Style: Fashion Forward Designs | 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. |
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. |
From Oral History to Published Narrative: Preserving our Families' Stories | Students will review interview notes and historical research to write first draft narratives about individuals they previously interviewed in this integrated lesson. This lesson is Part 3 in a series of 5 parts designed to help students communicate with members of an older generation. |
You've Just Won "The Lottery"! | In this lesson, students will analyze Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery." Students will then read the short story, work to determine the meaning of selected vocabulary words from the text, and answer guided reading questions. In the summative assessment, students will become newspaper reporters and write an article to describe the events of the lottery, as if they were present on the day the lottery took place. |
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Slowing Down Time (in Writing and in Film) | In this animated video from TEDed, students will learn how to use effective storytelling techniques to slow down time in a narrative. First, students will draw a parallel between film and writing in order to identify the principles of effective storytelling. Then, students will examine how to improve their own writing using these storytelling techniques to slow down time and emphasize important moments in their narrative. |