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

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