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- Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Outside In: Finding A Character's Heart Through Art
This activity, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and the stories of Raymond Carver, challenges students to get inside contemporary life and characters through the creation of monologues. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Picture This: Combining Infographics and Argumentative Writing
After researching topics that the students have chosen, students write argumentative essays. Then, using Piktochart, students create their own infographics to illustrate their research. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Recording Readers Theatre: Developing Comprehension and Fluency With Audio Texts
Students investigate audio texts of mystery stories, evaluate them in terms of both literary and audio qualities, and create Readers Theatre scripts, which they use to record their own podcasts. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
"Roused by the Change of Scene": Analyzing a Film Adaptation of Jane Eyre
As part of their study of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, students read selected sections of the novel closely and compare their representation in the text to representations in the 2007 Masterpiece adaptation of Jane Eyre. They use the concepts of time/pacing, character, and theme to focus their analysis and to plan an adaptation of a scene of their choice. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Rummaging for Fiction: Using Found Photographs and Notes to Spark Story Ideas
In this lesson, students use found notes and found photographs as inspiration to help them identify subjects, settings, characters, and conflicts for pieces of creative writing. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 9 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Sharing Information about Careers with Infographics
Students research careers of their own choosing. Then using Piktochart, students create their own infographics to illustrate their research. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance
Using their voices as interpretive instruments, students gain a deeper appreciation of the art of poetry as they prepare a recitation of the frequently anthologized poem "Those Winter Sundays." - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Stairway to Heaven: Examining Metaphor in Popular Music
Students explore figurative language by examining the lyrics of popular songs. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
Explore the modern significance of an older text, such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by asking students to create their own modern interpretation of specific events from the drama. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Comic Book Show and Tell
Students craft comic scripts using clear, descriptive, and detailed writing that shows (illustrates) and tells (directs). After peers create an artistic interpretation of the script, students revise their original scripts.