Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-To-Use Resources, 9-12

ISBN-13: 9781596672253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 200 str.

Davis, Lauren

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Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Be prepared, but don't go it alone! Our new book, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 9-12, shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards in high school doesn't have to be intimidating! This easy-to-use guide meets the particular needs of high school teachers. It provides model lesson plans for teaching the standards in reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language. Get engaging lesson plans that are grade-appropriate for teens, easy to implement, and include ready-to-use reproducible handouts, assessments, resources, and ideas to help you modify the lesson for both struggling and advanced learners. Our Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans are equally effective for both English and content-area teachers-the plans are designed to fit seamlessly into your high school curriculum. You get practical tips for revamping your existing lessons to meet the standards. High school students learn how to answer text-based questions, read informational texts, conduct research, write arguments, and improve their speaking and listening skills. We take the guesswork out of Common Core lesson plans with this practical, easy-to-use guide. All lesson plans are grade-appropriate, but every lesson plan includes...Common Core State Standards covered in the lesson Overview of objectives and focus of the lesson Background knowledge required and time required A detailed, step-by-step agenda for the lesson, plus a materials list Differentiation ideas to adapt the lesson for different kinds of learners Assessment ideas, including rubrics and scoring guides A place for your notes: what worked; what can improve Bonus! We show you how to extend the lessons into longer units to suit your particular grade's curriculum, and even help you create more of your own lessons!

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Part 1: Reading Overview Planning Checklist Strategies to Help Struggling Readers Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 1: One Word at a Time: Doing a Close Textual Analysis Lesson Plan 2: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch: Parallel Plots and Story Pacing Lesson Plan 3: Foreign yet Familiar: Images of Culture in World Literature Lesson Plan 4: Are You Convinced? Analyzing a Speaker's Rhetoric Lesson Plan 5: Where's the Logic? Analyzing an Argument Lesson Plan 6: What's the Spin? How Different Mediums Portray Things Differently Lesson Plan 7: Time to Dig Deeper: Answering Text-Based Questions Lesson Plan 8: This Is Not a Cardboard Cutout: Analyzing Complex Characters Lesson Plan 9: Is This Satire or Serious? Determining an Author's Real Point of View Lesson Plan 10: You Had to Be There: The Impact of Setting Lesson Plan 11: A Director's Liberties? Comparing Film and Print Versions of a Text Lesson Plan 12: Playing with Meaning: How an Author Defines and Refines Words Lesson Plan 13: What's This All About? Tracing Central Ideas Lesson Plan 14: Is This Structure Sound? Analyzing the Development of an Argument Part 2: Writing Overview Planning Checklist Strategies for Teaching Argument Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 15: Strengthen Your Argument! Developing and Distinguishing Your Claims Lesson Plan 16: Where Do I Begin? Creating a Focused Research Question Lesson Plan 17: Don't Just Google: Using Advanced Search Terms to Find Information Lesson Plan 18: Quote or Paraphrase? How to Incorporate Sources Lesson Plan 19: What Comes Next? Using Colons Effectively Lesson Plan 20: Collaborate in the Cloud: Contributing to a Class Wiki Lesson Plan 21: Who's Reading This, Anyway? Describing Information for Different Audiences Lesson Plan 22: Reflections of a Writer: Using Textual Evidence to Support Written Reflection Part 3: Speaking and Listening Overview Planning Checklist Strategies for Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 23: You're in Charge! Leading a Group Discussion Lesson Plan 24: 'Dear Sir' or 'What's Up?' Language Depends on Audience Lesson Plan 25: Teach, Don't Bore! Creating Engaging Presentations Lesson Plan 26: Take Command of Your Audience! Presenting Your Findings Lesson Plan 27: Sources, Sources Everywhere: Integrating Multiple Sources of Information Lesson Plan 28: Good Evening, My Fellow Citizens: Evaluating a Speaker Part 4: Language Overview Planning Checklist Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary Lesson Plans at a Glance Lesson Plan 29: Are They Really Synonyms? Understanding Shades of Meaning in Words Lesson Plan 30: Get Your Ducks in a Row: Creating Parallel Structure Lesson Plan 31: Everything in Its Place: MLA Style Lesson Plan 32: If You Don't Get This Lesson, Explain It to Me: Understanding Paradox Lesson Plan 33: Are Those Words Working Together? Using Hyphens Correctly Lesson Plan 34: Know When to Break the Rules: Issues of Complex or Contested Usage Lesson Plan 35: Notice Me! Notice Me! Vary Syntax for Effect Reading Handouts: Identifying Logical Fallacies How Does the Media Spin a Story? Answering a Text-Based Question Step-by-Step How a Character Helps Develop a Theme Compare Two Distinctive Settings from American Plays Writing Handouts: Research Activity Sheet Which Search Engine Is Best? Ways to Incorporate Sources Reflections of a Writer: Writing a Reflective Essay Speaking and Listening Handouts: PowerPoint/Prezi Activity Sheet Presentation Activity Sheet Different Forms of Media Evaluate a Speaker and His or Her Speech Language Handouts: Identify Parallel Structure Decipher Complex Conventions of Grammar Usage Analyze Syntax in Complex Texts Appendix: Sources of Literary and Nonfiction Texts Sample Topics for Argument Essays Blank Lesson Plan Template References

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