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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Authentic Persuasive Writing to Promote Summer Reading
    Turn summer reading lists from a teacher-centered requirement to a student-driven exploration by asking students to create brochures and flyers that suggest books to explore during the summer months.
22. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender-Fair Pronouns
    Students engage in a brief writing assignment that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally.
23. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    "Blind Date with a Book": Creating Lifelong Readers
    This multi-lesson learning project encourages students to read engaging texts at their grade level and also works to promote habitual, independent reading in all students.
24. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia
    Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: Getting Acquainted with Farcebook
    In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: Rewind the Plot!
    In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices by rewinding the plot.
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
    Students research the effects of the Vietnam war on a specific group of people who were involved. They then create Internet scavenger hunts to share with the class.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Chasing the Dream: Researching the Meaning of the American Dream
    By conducting interviews, sharing and assessing data, and writing papers based on their authentic research, students reach their own conclusions on the meaning of the American Dream.
29. 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."
30. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Comparing a Literary Work to Its Film Interpretation
    Students will really get into the swing of things as they analyze the text and film versions of Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Pit and the Pendulum."

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