High School Resources

Use this forum item to share your best resources--unit plans, lesson plans, writing invitations, or other ideas that have worked for you in a high school setting.

Just reply to this discussion item with a brief description of your resource (e.g., American Literature--Great Gatsby Unit Plan) and then attach any files that go along with it. Ideally, we'll have a rich archive for new and veteran teachers alike. Be sure to include your name, and be sure to credit any resources you use from this site.

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Permalink Reply by Tracy Brosseit on April 16, 2009 at 8:51pm
Brosseit.zip
My name is Tracy Brosseit and I am a senior at Grand Valley State University. Attatched to this discussion is a file containing my Eng. 311 pedagogy project. It contains a 10 day, student-centered unit plan titled; Social Realitie: Teaching World Awareness to 11th Graders Through the Voice of One Girl. The main text used in this unit is a YA novel titled Tree Girl. However, this unit uses a combination of images, text and technology to encourage students to become aware of the social injustices happening world wide. I spent a lot of time creating it and hope that it will be useful.
Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Longcore on April 17, 2009 at 8:52am
My name is Elizabeth Longcore. The following is my pedagogy project for ENG 311, which is a two week unit plan on Of Mice and Men. It is entitled "Entering the World of Of Mice and Men" and is designed for a tenth grade classroom.
My unit plan focuses on helping students to connect with the themes and the characters in Of Mice and Men through activities like blogging, drama, group activities and discussion.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Kennedy on April 17, 2009 at 6:50pm
My name is Adam Kennedy and my lesson plan is entitled "Understanding The Short Story".

The lesson takes place over a 10 day period and is appropriate for 11th or 12th grade English because it involves quite a bit of reading and high level thinking, however, it could easily be altered to work with lower grades by taking away a few of the texts or slowing the pace of the lesson. The unit focuses on connecting literature to students lives in a meaningful way. It is aimed at helping them "enter the story world". To achieve this aim, the lesson involves blogging, drama exercises, and a substantial amount of small group work. These activities will help students better understand the nature of the short story.

Any suggestions or improvements are welcome as I have not put this lesson into practice it is, up to this point, just theory.
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Permalink Reply by Jory on April 20, 2009 at 3:46pm
Hey,

Jory Sanders here, this is my final project. It is a unit plan for a ninth grade literature class. It examines Sandra Cisneros' "House on Mango Street," as a parent text, and also looks at other related works, such as Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" in order to A: gain a better crosscultural understanding, as well as to B: understand and apply the authors methods in creating their own "Literary Portraits."
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Permalink Reply by Lynnette Van Dyke on April 23, 2009 at 8:54am
This is a wonderful feature. Thank you, Rob
Permalink Reply by Jen Haberling on April 24, 2009 at 9:13am
Great stuff-- a good pairing of high interest and classical works! Thanks for sharing this!
Permalink Reply by Nicole Hammer on December 9, 2009 at 8:15pm
Hello,
This is Nicole Hammer with my conceptual unit: "To Read or Not to Read: Making Shakespeare Accessible". It is a 14-day unit plan using Hamlet to teach high school seniors how to connect with Shakespearian works. Students will focus on character to form a connection with the text, while also learning about things such as language, staging scenes, and style. By having a positive interaction with one of Shakespeare's works, Students will feel a sense of accomplishment and empowerment that will hopefully carry over to other aspects of their reading and life.
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Permalink Reply by ashley gwinn on December 9, 2009 at 8:52pm
Hello,
This is Ashley Gwinn uploading my pedagogy project entitled Preeminent Poetry

My conceptual unit deals with the structure and interpretation of poetry in an AP classroom setting, with an emphasis on the AP English Literature free response part of the AP test and a focus on individual student perception of poetry.

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Permalink Reply by Alicia Smith on December 9, 2009 at 9:15pm
This is Alicia Smith with my conceptual unit: Kurt Vonnegut. It is an eleven day unit for a tenth grade American Literature class.

This unit takes a relevant and prominent author, Kurt Vonnegut, and brings him into the classroom to engage his written works, and to be engaged as means to learn personal writing. The purpose is to help bridge the gap between reading and writing for students
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Permalink Reply by Melissa G. Anderson on December 9, 2009 at 9:28pm
Hello,

My name is Melissa Anderson and I am currently a student at Grand Valley State University.

The attached file is my conceptual unit titled "Connecting to Literature Through Reading Strategies: An Introductory Unit for 9th Grade English"
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Permalink Reply by Jamie Linari on December 9, 2009 at 9:29pm
Hello,

My name is Jamie Linari. This is a ten day unit plan for a 12th grade class titled Making Sense out of Nonsense:A Critical Look at Literary Nonsense.

This unit allows students to take a second look at literary nonsense from their childhood and create meaning by relating it to their own lives. Students will be guided through several works by authors including Lewis Carroll and Dr. Seuss and see how these authors are able to comment on reality through abstract writing.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Kehoe on December 10, 2009 at 2:30am
Howdy,

My name is Eric Kehoe and I am a Grand Valley State University, here under Professor Rozema's instruction. I decided to do my 12-day lesson plan on Tennesee Williams's great play The Glass Menagerie. The unit takes several ideas from Wilhelm's Reader Response Theory and allows students to relate to the characters, making this classic text meaningful. The lesson is aimed toward 11th grade students, but could be adapted for different grades.
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