Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Common Lit: "Fear Prompts Teens to Act Impulsively" by Laura Sanders Unit PlanCommon Lit: "Fear Prompts Teens to Act Impulsively" by Laura Sanders Unit Plan
Publisher
CommonLit
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
2 more...
Resource Type
Unit Plans
Audiences
For Administrator Use
2 more...
Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
1010L
Unit Plan

Common Lit: "Fear Prompts Teens to Act Impulsively" by Laura Sanders

Curated by ACT

A learning module that begins with "Fear Prompts Teens to Act Impulsively" by Laura Sanders, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student accounts. Text tools include a dictionary, read-aloud options, a translator, a highlighter, and more. This module also includes paired text options, related media, an answer key, and a parent guide. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

3 Views 0 Downloads

Concepts

nonfiction, impulse control

Additional Tags

"fear prompts teens to act impulsively" by laura sanders, commonlit, commonlit.org, commonlit: "fear prompts teens to act impulsively" by laura sanders, commonlit: fear prompts teens to act impulsively, fear prompts teens to act impulsively, laura sanders, neuroscience, informational text, informational text grade 8, new explanations of teen behavior

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Coming to America After the War

University of Southern California
As part of their exploration of the American dream, class members examine primary source materials to compare immigrant experiences of those arriving early in our country's history to those arriving in the US after World War...
10th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
App

A+ Writing Prompts

21 x 20 Media
Shake it up! Shake your tablet to bring up a unique writing prompt for journaling or blogging with your class. Shake again and a new one appears. Prompts can come from different categories (sketches, scenes, texts, words, news) to help...
4th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

Common Lit: The Watson's Go to Birmingham 1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis

CommonLit
Selected (7)reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair with "The Watson's Go to Birmingham -- 1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Kenny Watson and his family embark on a road trip from Michigan to...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Expressing Your Views to the Letter

Curated OER
Analyze the motivation, purpose, and value of letters to the editor by examining letters written in response to the violence at Columbine High School. For homework, middle and high schoolers write their own letters to the editor about an...
6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Scottsboro Boys and "To Kill a Mockingbird": Two Trials for the Common Core

National Endowment for the Humanities
Here's a must-have resource for anyone reading To Kill A Mockingbird or using Harper Lee's award-winning novel in a classroom. The packet contains Miss Hollace Ransdall's first-hand, factual account of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys,...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Instructional Video

How to Recognize a Dystopia

TED-Ed
Viewers need not be fans of dystopian literature to be engaged by a short video that traces the development of the genre from Plato to the present. Gulliver's Travels, The Time Machine, The Iron Heel, Brave New World, Animal...
6 mins 9th - 12th English Language Arts
Worksheet

To Kill a Mockingbird - Foil Characters

Curated OER
Not to be confused with aluminium foil, this quiz focuses on character foils in To Kill a Mockingbird. The prompts encourage readers to recognize the qualities of each character.
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Activity

The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Digital Public Library of America
A primary source set of photographs, videos, newspaper articles, and FBI reports provides insight into race relations during the 1960s, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, and the murder of Emmitt Till. Designed to be used to...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Writing

Student Opinion: How Impulsive Are You?

Curated OER
Sure to spark lively discussion in any Language Arts classroom, this article from The York Times asks the question, 'How much self-control do you have?'. Pupils begin by reading a short passage about a study on delayed gratification and...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Unit Plan

Common Lit: Was Hard Fight to Get Vote

CommonLit
A learning module that begins with the 1920 article "Was Hard Fight to Get Vote" by The Barre Daily Times, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use