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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Brochures: Writing for Audience and Purpose
   Students create brochures on the same topic as another piece of writing they have done, highlighting how shifting purposes and audiences creates changes in their strategies as writers.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Comic Makeovers: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media
   Students explore stereotypes in the media and representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics over a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a "comic character makeover."
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Ekphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
   In this lesson, students explore ekphrasis—writing inspired by art. Students find pieces of art that inspire them and compose a booklet of poems about the pieces they have chosen.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Freedom of Speech and Automatic Language: Examining the Pledge of Allegiance
   This lesson has students explore freedom of speech by examining the Pledge of Allegiance from a historical and personal perspective and in relationship to fictional situations in novels.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature Using Graphics
   Tap students' desires to doodle and draw by having them create a Graffiti Wall, using graphics to discuss a piece of literature that has been read by the whole class.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   So What Do You Think? Writing a Review
   Writing a review of an author's work challenges students to develop their critical thinking skills. It provides an opportunity for students to speak their minds—and to enjoy being heard.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   When Less IS More—Understanding Minimalist Fiction
   This lesson pairs Ernest Hemingway's short story "Cat in the Rain' with Raymond Carver's "Little Things" to guide students to an understanding of the characteristics of minimalist fiction.