This lesson will challenge learners to critically read and evaluate news articles presenting different positions on a single issue that the learner takes interest in. The learner will then be challenged to formulate their own opinion by refining their own argument on the issue. The target audience of learners for this lesson constitute the Career and College Readiness Standards Grade Level E (9-12) in their reading and writing abilities. Learners will hone practical skills by engaging in this lesson, such as how to critically engage with news and media, being able to succinctly summarize larger pieces of information, and using information to write a structured argument based on their own opinions. These skills will have practical applications for everyday life, reading and writing the GED, and when applying for jobs that require information processing.

Through continued practice, students will be able to corageously seek truth in a world of 'fake news'

This seminar focuses on the media and their intended audiences. Being able to identify persuasive techniques is essential, but knowing whom those techniques are aimed at is especially important for consumers. Maybe the audience is you, your parents, or a particular group, such as athletes or the elderly. In this seminar, you will practice identifying the targeted audience in various commercials and campaigns, so you are better prepared to make smart consumer decisions. StandardsCC.1.2.9-10.DDetermine an author’s particular point of view and analyze how rhetoric advances the point of view.CC.1.2.9-10.HDelineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing the validity of reasoning and relevance of evidence.CC.1.2.9-10.FAnalyze how words and phrases shape meaning and tone in texts.

Ability – Can and couldThis lesson plan is a great introduction to modal verbs. It is designed for beginner students and focuses on the use of can and can’t to discuss ability, possibility, and permissions. Throughout this lesson, students can practice both the positive and negative forms of can and could. In addition, students will study common questions and short answer prompts used in spoken English.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Advisability – ShouldAlso designed for pre-intermediate ESL students, this lesson plan guides teachers and students through the use of the modal verbs should and shouldn’t for suggestions, duties, responsibilities and/or expectations. Students will also practise forming questions and speak using should to express expectations. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Expectations – Be Supposed toIn this lesson designed for intermediate-level learners, students are taught ways to use be supposed to so that they can communicate expectations. In addition, students will practice using be supposed to in the present and past tenses.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Necessity – Must and have toDesigned for pre-intermediate students, this lesson plan introduces the concept of necessity using must and have to. It also features gap-fill exercises and activities that allow students to express opinions in English. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Probability – May, might, and couldThis lesson plan is great for beginner students and introduces them to the concepts of possibility and probability. Your students can practice speaking, reading, and listening while using may,  might, and could in positive and negative forms. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Requests – Would, could, can, may and mightThis lesson plan focuses on using the subject I to ask for permission and make requests. As well, it covers using you as the subject to make polite requests. It also outlines formal and informal ways to use these specific modal verbs. This is a great lesson plan for you to use with pre-intermediate students and as a review for intermediate students. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Suggestions – Let’s, why don’t, shallThis lesson plan discusses different forms to make suggestions in English. It contains useful phrases and activities for intermediate-level students to improve their speaking, writing, and reading skills. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This course covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major practitioners. The authors discussed range from Yeats, Eliot, and Pound, to Stevens, Moore, Bishop, and Frost with additional lectures on the poetry of World War One, Imagism, and the Harlem Renaissance. Diverse methods of literary criticism are employed, such as historical, biographical, and gender criticism.

In this seminar, you’ll learn about dialogue, including how writers use it to “move” their stories along. As a narrator, you will practice using dialogue, which will help you understand how people involved in conflict interact genuinely. Some lines of dialogue will be longer than others; there’s a reason for that. Some narratives have very little dialogue; there’s a reason for that. Ultimately, you will continue to analyze the perspectives of characters (people) in a narrative setting to better understand the human condition and how their voices contribute to it. This seminar will require innovation on your part, as you will not only learn terminology associated with dialogue, but also put those devices into action as you create your own (mini) narrative with characters who interact.StandardsCC.1.4.9-10.MWrite narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.CC.1.4.9-10.NEngage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple points of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters.CC.1.4.9-10.PCreate a smooth progression of experiences or events using a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative. 

This is an PBL project that includes a Driving question, grabber, culminating activity and a rubric. By giving students text and expecting them to summarize the articles and be able to come to their own ideas about what they think about the topic. And by letting them analyze the material it gives the students the opportunity to examine the text for themselves.

The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Much Ado About Nothing" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.

This is an online module on the topic NOUNS for class 5. After introducing the topic, the section for games and activities have been included to keep the interest and attention of the students. The later sections of the module contain different activities to develop the English language skills. The last section is of Quiz where the learners can practice their existing knowledge while stimulating interest in learning about the subject matter. This module is multidirectional and has a variety of activities not only for learning but for enjoyment too. It has been made by keeping in mind these 4 major considerations: Effectiveness of the material; efficiency of using the material; the appeal of the resource over traditional methods and extension or the materials ability to extend the learning opportunity and accessibility.  

In this seminar, you will learn about various text structures in nonfiction writing and be able to identify which type an author is using. Understanding these structures will help you determine an author’s purpose and allow you analyze (break down) the author’s message or main points. As you get better at identifying different text structures, you will notice these patterns and apply them to different types of writing: articles, recipes, speeches, etc. Some of this information may be a review; that’s a  good thing. Be sure to apply that prior knowledge to new experiences here, looking for patterns that seem familiar to you. As you recognize those patterns and apply them to new situations, you will be using a skill called abstracting, which helps you understand new or confusing concepts.StandardsCC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.CC.1.2.9-10.C: Apply appropriate strategies to analyze, interpret, and evaluate how an author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.CC.1.2.9-10.I: Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, including how they address related themes and concepts.

English Language Arts Content and Achievement Standards for the state of North Dakota. Updated 2017.

This resource provides lecture notes and writing assignments for the study of a novel - in this case, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. These notes and assignments, however, can be adapted and applied to practically any novel. Unless otherwise noted, this resource is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.