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101. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Worth Its Weight: Letter Writing with "The Things They Carried"
     This lesson uses a letter-writing activity based on Tim O'Brien's story "The Things They Carried" to build empathy as students examine the weight they symbolically carry in their own lives.
102. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Writing about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment
     After discussing the poem "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur, students analyze their own writing habits and create an extended metaphor describing themselves as writers.
103. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Writing Technical Instructions
     Students walk through the process of creating technical instructions by analyzing existing instructions, choosing an audience, writing their own instructions, receiving user feedback, and then revising and publishing their instructions.
104. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
     You're the Top! Pop Culture Then and Now
     Students analyze the lyrics to Cole Porter's "You're the Top!" and then update them to include current "tops" in pop culture.

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