In this lesson, students will learn to distinguish between emotional and logical arguments in advertising.

Students select a person to research for biographical information. Utilizing resources in the Media Center, students record information on note cards; students then interpret and categorize information for appropriate placement on a graphic organizer.

In this lesson, students write a biographical poem about themselves using an easy formula.

In this lesson, students engage in a process of reading using Bloom's Taxonomy in order to provide them with a tool to better understand whatever they are reading.

In this lesson, students create an oral presentation that uses a visual aid to sell their books to their classmates with the goal of trying to get their classmates interested in reading the book.

In this lesson, students meet in small groups to reflect on and share their thoughts after reading a short story, poem, or chapter in a novel.

In this lesson, students will learn about brainstorming and how to effectively use this prewriting tool for four different writing tasks - persuasive writing, expository writing, character development, and the development of vivid and precise details for any subject.

In this lesson, students will apply their understanding of the elements of plot structure and conflict to cooperatively create storyboards and speak effectively as they present their products.

In this lesson, student use figurative language techniques to create and comprehend meaning; for example, similes, metaphors, analogies, anecdotes, and sensory language.

In this lesson, students will explain steps to guide another student to reproduce a drawing. Students will also do peer evaluations critiquing articulation abilities.

In this lesson, students draw pictures to illustrate the meaning of the word and improve vocabulary skills.

Students select a theme-related essay topic from Night, by Elie Wiesel, or The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, and develop an essay that relates the theme to modern day personal experiences. The essay follows a preset rubric.

This three week lesson provides instruction in the basic elements of literature by reading Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Students are also provided the opportunity to understand how their choices can change their attitudes and behavior through a reading of the novel and a series of writing assignments.

Students are introduced to character, plot development, point of view, and tone through the use of comic strips. Students will identify these four attributes in comic strips and present their findings to the class.

In this lesson, students read a designated chapter of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". In small groups, students discuss chapter summary and answer specific questions related to the chapter. Groups will present summaries, addressing answers to specific questions, thereby chunking information.

In this lesson, students compare and contrast two versions of the same fairy tale. Students use a Venn diagram to graphically illustrate the similarities and differences in the two stories.

Using classified advertisements, students work in groups to draw conclusions and make inferences about the writer of the ad and to whom the ad may appeal.

In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer to clarify information for a presentation.

In this lesson, students will develop, draft, and elucidate information for a research topic. Students will work collaboratively to write a paper as practice for the final task of writing their own papers.