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- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Technology and Copyright Law: A "Futurespective"
Students research and report on instances of how copyright laws have adapted to encompass new technologies. They write articles predicting copyright issues that may arise with new and future technologies. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Texting a Response to Lord of the Flies
Students use Lord of the Flies to explore communication styles and techniques by writing text messages from one of the novel's characters to an imagined audience off the island. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Feature Story—Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame!
Students learn how to differentiate between a news story and a feature story by writing a profile of a classmate. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Vote for Me! Making Presidential Commercials Using Avatars
After researching political platforms of past presidents through primary sources and other resources, students create commercials for these presidents using Voki, an online web tool that produces speaking avatars. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
What Did George Post Today? Learning About People of the American Revolution Through Facebook
After researching famous people of the American Revolution, students create Facebook-like PowerPoint presentations to share their knowledge with classmates. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
You Know the Movie is Coming—Now What?
In this lesson, students read a literary text with the eye of a director, selecting scenes from the text and putting a cinematic spin on them.
