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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Brave New Words: Novice Lexicography and the Oxford English Dictionary
   Students become novice lexicographers as they explore recent new entries to the dictionary, learn the process of writing entries for the Oxford English Dictionary, and write a new entry themselves.
2. 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.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
   Paper and pixels get compared in this lesson in which students compare both printed and online versions of a magazine.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
   Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.