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Conversation Lesson: Men and Women - Equal at Last?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students engage in a debate about equality between men and women as a way to work on their conversational skills. The format of the debate is imbedded in this plan.
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Newspaper for Inner City School

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars use their writing skills and digital cameras to produce a newspaper. They write about school events, class projects, items of interest, culturally-related issues, and interview students. Young scholars edit digital images...
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Conversation Lesson: First World Obligation

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Pupils engage in a debate about the obligation each country has to help other countries in need in order to help build their conversation skills. The format of the debate is imbedded in this lesson plan.
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What is Good Writing?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assess samples of writing for each trait and discuss rationale for scoring. They comprehend that the traits of writing offer a common language for revision. Students are shown how to asses their writing and what makes good...
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Borrowed Poem Performance: Practice for Slam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice for a poetry slam. In this poetry lesson, students select borrowed poems to perform in a poetry slam in order to participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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Blues Improvisation

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students practice playing and improvising while playing the 12 bar blues. They practice compositional skills, evaluate and perform musical pieces focused on the blues.
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What is Good Writing

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students identify the qualities of good writing. In this writing lesson plan, students use the 6+1 Traits of Writing and use a rubric to discuss samples of writing on the overhead. Students discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each...
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Ready, Set, Action

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners identify propaganda techniques used in commercials created by their classmates. In this active listening lesson, students use the provided scoring guide to evaluate commercials that their classmates made that feature propaganda...
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Chapter 5 Solving Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of algebra topics. For this algebra topics lesson, students solve linear and quadratic equations. Learners solve systems and factor equations. Students practice problems involving perfect square trinomials...
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Creating the Goods

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students market goods or services to one another. For this media awareness lesson, students use propaganda techniques to create commercials for goods or services of their choice.
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Assessing the Traits: What is Good Writing?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assess samples of writing for each trait and discuss the rationale for scoring. They understand that the traits of writing offer a common language for revision. This lesson includes a scoring rubric for the students to use.