Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans : Ready-to-Use Resources, 9-12 (Paperback)

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