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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Semiotics and Set: Year 9

For Teachers 8th
Drama enthusiasts explore the importance of set and action in conveying dramatic tension. They act out a polished dramatic piece using the set as a key component of their story. This should be connected to setting as it is also used in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Semiotics and Set: Year 9

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore semiotics and the meanings of stage sets.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Subway Drawings & Semiotics

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students examine Keith Haring's subway art. Public art vs. graffiti is discussed and students create images that convey self-expression. They chose and load images onto Adobe Photoshop thereby investigating the photoshop program.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Basic Linguistics: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Meta-cognition can transform learning. If your syllabus includes linguistics to enhance learners' comprehension and expression in English, here is an interactive online quiz to assess what they have learned. Titled "Basic Linguistics,"...
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Activity
Oxford Cambridge

Set and Prop Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's the difference between set dressing and a prop? Between a costume accessory and a personal prop? As part of their study of set and prop design, class members engage in a series of activities that prepare them to design a prop for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with S

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that all begin with "s."
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry And Freedom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and write poetry that reflects true self expression. They use the published poetry as a springboard instead of a formula to write from the heart.
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Handout
Other

The University of Wales: Semiotics for Beginners

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click on Denotation, Connotation, and Myth. A discourse in the use of "denotation" and "connotation" as they refer to semiotics and cultural myths.
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PPT
Other

Streeter: Semiotics and Advertising

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A slide show that offers a good study of connotation and how it refers to semiotics. Symbols are not the things they represent. L.11-12.5b Nuance
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Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Semiotics: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson you will learn to define and recognize the use of semiotics, a perceptual communications theory. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Semiotics."
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Article
Other

Lego Foundation: The Role of Play in Children's Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article reviews research that has been conducted in relation to the five types of play, namely physical play, play with objects, symbolic/semiotic play, pretend play, and games with rules.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Ii: Syntax

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2004. This course and its materials are also available in Chinese and Persian.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Iii: Semantics and Pragmatics

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2005. A Chinese version of the course is also available.
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PPT
Other

Univ. Of Oregon: Writing for Multimedia: Storytelling: Image, Video, Audio [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
A PowerPoint presentation on how to communicate a message using image, video, and sound techniques as described by Herbert Zettl. Includes images and links to video examples.
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Handout
City University of New York

Postmodernism and Critical Theory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of Postmodernism as a theory of study. Rather intellectual.
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Website
Other

State University of Campinas: Logic of Relatives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the State University of Campinas. Well-chosen list of short quotes by Charles Sanders Peirce explaining his "logic of relatives" concept. Good for gaining a basic definition of the term.
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Handout
Other

Brock University: Psychoanalysis and Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting intro to psychoanalysis and its place in literature. Very accessible to students. Good place to start research on the subject.
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Website
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Roland Barthes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a brief but interesting site from Creative Quotations that is devoted to Barthes' major quotations dealing with literature and criticism. He was the major structuralist critic of modern times.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Roland Barthes Structuralist

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biography of a major proponent of structuralism. Provides life info and brief mention of his various work.

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