ALEX Resources

Title: Socratic Seminar About Non-Conformity
Description: Students will participate in a Socratic Seminar to discuss the idea of non- conformity as a relative theme in the novel Stargirl. Students will refer to text annotations and class discussions (completed TPFASTT optional) to make contributions to the student-led discussion.   This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (6) 34:

Title: This Business Called Learning: Advertising
Description: After analyzing the techniques of propaganda in commercial advertising, students work in cooperative "business" groups to create an advertising campaign for a new product called Giggle Gum. Campaigns include a press release, slideshow presentation, print ad, and radio commercial.
Standard(s):
[ARTS] MED (6) 2:

Title: Jack London's ''The Call of the Wild'': ''Nature Faker''?
Description: In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students analyze Jack London's The Call of the Wild. They take a stand on whether London can be called a nature faker and on what he is attempting to communicate through his portrayal of Buck. They support their stands with historical evidence or evidence from the text. Finally, students write an essay, complete with hypothesis and textual support, on London's approach to the animal story in The Call of the Wild.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 28:

Title: An Exploration of Text Sets: Supporting All Readers
Description: Students create text sets on a high interest topic and use the texts to practice three strategies for reading for information.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 29:

Title: Myth and Truth: The First Thanksgiving
Description: By exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the pilgrims, and the '' First Thanksgiving,'' this lesson asks students to think critically about commonly believed myths regarding the Wampanoag Indians in colonial America.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 33:

Title: Battling for Liberty: Tecumseh's and Patrick Henry's Language of Resistance
Description: Students study Patrick Henry's '' Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death'' speech and the ways Native Americans also resisted oppression through rhetoric and action.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 35:

Title: Teaching Voice with Anthony BrownesVoices in the Park
Description: Students analyze Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne to determine how an author keeps an audience interested by creating voice and to applying that knowledge to their own writing.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 22:

Title: Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion with Nothing But the Truth
Description: Students read Avi's Nothing But the Truth and examine the First Amendment and student rights, and then decide whether the rights of the novel's protagonist, Philip, are violated.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 29:

Title: Points of View in the News
Description: This lesson, from Xpeditions, helps students sort through the myriad points of view offered on the Internet and evaluate the sources and purposes of news articles and Web sites. Students read articles from National Geographic News and answer questions describing each article's source, purpose, and viewpoint. Students then research the topics presented in an article of their choice and evaluate the resources they find. They conclude by creating checklists they can use in the future to evaluate articles, Web sites, and other information.
Standard(s):
[SS2010] CIV (7) 3:

Title: The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883.
Description: Students explore the literary concept of point of view by examining a pair of picture books that highlight the controversies surrounding the Brooklyn Bridge.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 18:

Title: Today is World Hello Day!
Description: Students study a letter written by a famous author to determine purpose, and words and phrases that make the letter meaningful. They can use the Letter Generator to write their own letter promoting peace.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (8) 29: