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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Unlikely Lost and Found

For Students 3rd - 8th
What interesting and unusual items might you write a Lost & Found Ad for? Devote a page in your journal or writer's notebook to write several unusual Lost & Found Ads this year. Use the lost and found writing prompt generator to...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Understanding the Fallacies Used in Advertising

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars examine the fallacies that surround them every day, deconstruct fallacious images and messages in advertisements, and demonstrate their understanding of the fallacies through multimedia presentations.
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: As Far as the Eye Can See

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
View a variety of television advertisements analyzing visual and verbal features and how these are combined to communicate ideas. Write a coherent essay which expresses and argues a viewpoint about a chosen marketing strategy, linking...
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Truth in Advertising

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive lesson and activities for learning to look critically at the persuasive techniques of advertisements promoting political candidates and products.
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Other

Ad Cracker

For Students 9th - 10th
In this website students can learn to create an international advertising agency. They will learn to write a brief, create a brand and position the product. They will also be introduced to the fundamentals of creative writing as well as...
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Sample Advertisement

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a sample of a one-page advertisement. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the writing of the advertisement.
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Other

Wvu: Alcohol and Advertising (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan through which students discover, examine, and discuss how alcohol is advertised in magazines. A simple instructional activity to put together, "Alcohol and Advertising," only requires magazines, art supplies (construction...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Advertising in Schools

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Should companies be allowed to advertise in schools? In this lesson, students examine this question, evaluating whether corporate advertising in the school setting is appropriate. The lesson is presented uses an integrated approach,...
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Other

African American Inventors Who've Changed Your Life (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Integrated lesson plan focusing on the contributions that African American inventors have made to modern society. Includes rationale, day by day plan, links, and other information.
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Local History: Mapping My Spot in History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through interpreting and investigating historical maps, students gain new perspective not only of their local communities but also of their own homes. Student activities include collecting data about their homes, reporting on the...
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Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 10: Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 10 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 10. Focus of the...