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\nPaper Clip Game for Learning the Value of Rules\n

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\nRules may carry a negative connotation with many adolescents, but this simulation activity reminds them of the importance of a fair and consistent set of laws. It's very simple: pupils are arranged in rows, with the first person in each...\n
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\nWhat's So Bad or Good About Conflict?\n

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\nLearners of all ages discuss how conflict can be negative and positive. First, they create a class bulletin board about conflict, and provide their thoughts and connotations surrounding the word. In a class discussion, they ask questions...\n
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\nAnalyzing Persuasion\n

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\nA reading of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech launches a study of rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, connotative language and parallel structure. Class members then...\n
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\nFormal and Informal Language\n

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\nWords carry connotative baggage and some suitcases are bigger than others. Learners consult the Chambers School Dictionary to identify the formal, informal or slang words used in a series of exercises.\n
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\nA Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine\n

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\nImagine being able to travel back and forth in time! H.G. Wells uses that scenario in his novel The Time Machine to comment on what he saw as the flaws in Victorian society and the industrial age. This teacher's guide is one of...\n
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\nUsing Descriptive Language\n

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\nLearners examine the use of adjectives in a product review, then write their own descriptive review. In this writing and word usage lesson, students first analyze the choice of adjectives in a New York Times article about the iPhone,...\n
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\nPractice Book O\n

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\nWhether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...\n
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\nEarly American Poets\n

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\nThe poems of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are the focus of a unit that asks readers to consider how an artist's life and changes in society influences his or her work. After careful study of Whitman's and Dickinson's perspectives on...\n
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\nPoetic Devices\n

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\nHave everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...\n
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\nTeaching Tone to Teenagers\n

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\nTone is a tough topic to teach to teenagers. But never, fear, help is here in the form of a unit plan that takes advantage of their interest in music to set the stage for a series of activities that lead them to understand how setting,...\n
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\nNineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell\n

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\nWarning or prediction? Nineteen Eighty Four is the anchor text for a series of tasks that ask readers to compare the novel to the film as well as current events to those pictured in George Orwell's dystopian classic.\n
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\nThe Bear and the Fox\n

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\nWhen you hear the words philanthropy, respect, and tender, do you think of a bear's attitude toward man? The bear from Aesop's \"The Bear and the Fox\" certainly does—and the fox would beg to differ! Class members listen to an audio...\n
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\nClose Reading: Analyzing Mood and Tone\n

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\nThe AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...\n
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\nPersuasive Language\n

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\nLanguage has power. Use the materials in a language arts teaching guide to equip learners with the knowledge of the persuasive techniques, both verbal and visual, that can be used to influence thinking.\n
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\nUsing Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Exposing Gender Bias\n

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\nYoung sociologists are asked to read two photographs, identifying how the photographer uses point of view, color, pose, light, and shadow to express a stereotype of women or to challenge those stereotypes. Partners then create their own...\n
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\nClassroom Activities for The Call of the Wild by Jack London\n

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\nThree activities are designed for readers of Jack London's The Call of the Wild. First, class members research and create posters that reflect the setting of the novel. Next, groups create posters with images that represent each chapter...\n
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\nWeed Out Propaganda\n

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\nYoung scholars study four essential propaganda techniques: Simplification, Exploitation, Exaggeration, and Division (S.E.E.D.). Individuals select an example of propaganda from the past and present then compare how the key elements have...\n
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\nDisinformation Nation: Is It Propaganda?\n

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\nPropaganda or not? That is the question researchers must answer as they analyze techniques used in ads. Pupils use a three-part definition to determine if the ad is propaganda or advertising.\n
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\nDisinformation Nation: Checking Your Emotions\n

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\nPropaganda is designed to manipulate! High schoolers learn how to recognize the devices propagandists use to evoke strong emotional reactions and practice techniques that help them avoid being manipulated.\n
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\nClassroom Activities for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain\n

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\nA 16-page packet includes three activities for a unit study of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Before beginning the novel, class members identify the factors in their lives that helped create their frame of reference,...\n
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\nDisinformation Nation: Separating Politics and Propaganda\n

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\nSeparating political rhetoric from propaganda is no small feat. Class members are challenged to examine two different sources about a candidate in an upcoming election and determine whether the primary purpose of the source is to inform...\n
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\nDostoevsky's Crime and Punishment\n

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\nPain and suffering do not have to be inevitable in a study of Crime and Punishment. A carefully scaffolded lesson introduces readers to the divided natures of the characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky's complex novel. Groups use the...\n
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\nDante's Inferno: Allegory, Hero's Journey, or Epic Poem? Yes!\n

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\nDante Alighieri's \"The Inferno\" is the central text in a unit designed for high school seniors. Scholars compare the Christian concept of Hell to Dante's. In addition, they examine the tale as an example of epic poetry, as an allegory,...\n
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\nListening Critically\n

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\nEschew obfuscation!! High schoolers learn techniques that permit them to listen critically, sort through verbiage used to hide meaning or mislead listeners, and determine the message's validity.\n
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