In this three-part lesson on the inner chapters of "The Grapes of Wrath" students will first determine the function of Steinbeck's opening chapter then explore the relationship between the inner chapters and the Joad narrative chapters throughout the novel. Students will view two documentaries along the way as well as read two relevant articles in order to draw their own conclusions about the purpose of this novel's inner chapters.

This one day unit includes an analysis of the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", a sermon writing project, biographical information on Jonathan Edwards and discussion questions.

Students will learn to order their thoughts into sequential writing. The students will map a trail around the school and then follow some of Jefferson's instructions for wrtiing detialed reports. Each student then writes a description of an animal after reading Meriwether Lewis's report of the black woodpecker, another "new" creature.

Inspired by the references to the 16th Street Bombing and the four little girls who perished that Sunday morning, students will study history, georgraphy, and writing through various discussions in relationship to bullying, sibling rivalry, growing up, and Civil Rights.

This lesson is inspired by the references to the 16th Street Bombing and the four little girls who perished that Sunday morning in The Watsons Go to Birmingham. In this lesson, the teacher travels back and forth from poetry to fiction to music to history to food and finally to writing. It is a good study of history and geography with regard to writing.

In this lab activity, students will calculate their power requirement for climbing a staircase - both by walking and running. At the end of the activity, students will complete a formal lab write up.

Creating Facebook-like presentations via Microsoft PowerPoint will engage and motivate students to learn about famous people of the American Revolution. To gain background knowledge prior to their study of the Revolutionary War, students will research people who played an important role during this time period. While sharing their research in their PowerPoint presentations, students provide written feedback.

In this lesson students will learn to write and analyze technical writing instructiuons with consideration to audience, purpose, context, length, and complexity using common household items. After writing their own instructions, students will conduct usability tests of each other’s instructions, providing user feedback. Finally, students use this user feedback to revise their instructions before publishing them.

This lesson plan starts students on a research paper assignment about the American Civil War. Students do background research, formulate a thesis statement, and begin writing, while avoiding plagiarism.