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Grade 12 Language Arts
Unit: First Words
Unit: Search Engines vs Electronic Databases
Unit: The Written Word
Unit: It's Greek to Me
Unit: Read This Book!
Frankenstein Quizzes on the Readings
Unit: That Couldn't Really Happen
Unit: Shakespeare Again?!
Unit: Norse Myth
Unit: Current Events
Unit: Blogging
Unit: The Future of Communication
Unit: Problem/Solution
Writing and Research Resources
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First Words Unit Plan
First Words: Teacher Notes
First Words: Teacher Notes - Powerful Practice
First Words: Works Cited and Permissions
First Words 1 Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - The Why: Introduction to this unit
02 - What is Mesopotamia?
03 - Reading: Enuma elish
Lessons Learned: Enuma elish Importance
04 - Before you read The Gilgamesh Epic
Study Questions: The Gilgamesh Epic
05 - Reading: The Gilgamesh Epic
Gilgamesh's Hero's Journey
Gilgamesh Essay Questions
06 - The Flood Narrative
07 - Reading: Creation/Flood - King James Version
08 - Reading: Flood/Human Population - Greek Version
08.1 - Ancient Greece Overview
Flood Compare and Contrast
Additional Narratives: Flood Compare and Contrast
Effect of Geography on Stories and Culture (Presentation)
Reflection #1
Search Engines vs. Electronic Databases Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - Search Engines vs. Electronic Databases
02 - Internet Searching
03 - Wikipedia
04 - Electronic Databases Info
05 - Assignment: Search Engine vs. Electronic Databases
Lesson: 06 - A Guide to Reading and Analyzing Academic Articles
07 - Assignment: Now You Try
08 - Citing Your Sources
09 - Proper citation of resources
10 - Search Engine vs. Electronic Databases Forum
Reflection #2
The Written Word Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - The Written Word Introduction
02 - History of the Written Word Presentation
Written Word Presentation Sharing
03 - Written Word: Power and Control
So, now what?
Reflection #3
01 - The Why: Introduction to this unit
01.1 - The Romantics and Classical Greece
02 - Who has time for all that?
03 - The Story of Prometheus
04 - Heracles or Hercules?
05 - A New Direction
06 - Romanticism: It might not be what you think it is...
07 - William Blake
7.5 - William Blake Poetry
08 - Reading: Prometheus Bound
09 - It's Greek to Me Unit Assessment
Reflection #4
Read this Book Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - Creation of New Life
02 - Exploration and Discovery
03 - Frankenstein Author's Preface
03.1 - Frankenstein Texts
03.2 - Frankenstein Audio
04 - Characters in Frankenstein
05 - Pre-Reading: Response to the World Around It
06 - Galvanism
07 - Explicit/Implicit
08 - Finding the message
09 - Review and Author Choices
10 - Victor's Emotional State
11 - Discussion Questions
11.1 - Essay Topics
12 - Key Ideas and Details Project
13 - How Do You Analyze Something?
14 - Craft and Structure Project
15 - Versions
16 - Frankenstein Inspires
17 - Moving Pictures
18 - Through the Contrast of Comparison...
19 - Message in the Medium
20 - What if?
21 - The Outsider
Frank's Social Media Remix
Reflection #4
Quiz #1 Chapters 4-5
Quiz #2 Chapters 6-7
Quiz #3 Chapters 8-10
Quiz #4 Chapters 11-14
Quiz #5 Chapters 15-17
Quiz #6 Chapters 18-23 (There are spoilers here if you've not read up to Ch. 23)
That Couldn't Really Happen Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - Science Article Review
02 - What's Next?
03 - Rights and Responsibilities
04 - Cloning Responses
05 - Defend the Scientist
06 - Summary of an Issue
07 - Essay Response
Reflection #5
Shakespeare Again? Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - Yes, again and here's why...
02 - Video Intro
03 - Othello Texts
03.1 - Othello Audio
04 - Character Guide
05 - Language in Context
06 - Dueling Monologues
07 - Emilia, Desdemona and Feminist Criticism
08 - Criticism and analysis
09 - Othello's Creation
Reflection #6
Norse Myth Standards Pre-Assessment
Welcome
01 - Unit I: Introduction
02 - Defining Mythology
03 - Background: The Eddas
04 - Assignment: Norse "Discovery" of America
05 - Assignment: The Kensington Runestone
06 - Unit II: Odin's Wisdom
07 - Reflections on Odin's Wisdom
The Wisdom of Odin Discussion
08 - Norse Governance Compared to the U.S. Democracy
09 - Using Norse Ideals in the Modern World
10 - Unit III: The Creation
11 - Reading Creation Myths
Creation Forum
CreationQuiz
12 - Unit IV: The Gods & Their Stories
12.1 - Norse Pantheon God Chart
13 - MythSelections
14 - Assignment: Thor's Journey to Utgard
15 - Who do you think you are?
16 - Fill in the (Ginnunga)gap
Image Quiz
17 - Unit V: This is the End
18 - Reflection on the Norse Outlook
19 - The Story of Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods
20 - Rewriting Ragnarok
21 - It's Time to Rebuild
22 - Heroes of the Sagas
23 - The Monomyth (Again)
24 - Saga Review/Report
Assignment: Saga Forum
25 - Hero's Monomyth
26 - Essay: Stories and Culture
27 - Sif's Hair and the Treasures of the Gods
28 - The Theft of Thor's Hammer
29 - Loki's Children and the Binding of Fenrir
30 - Iduna's Apples
31 - The Building of Asgard's Wall
32 - Thor's Journey to Utgard
33 - Baldur's Dreams
Reflection #7
Current Events Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - News Sources
01.1 - How to Detect Bias in the News Media
01.2 - Writing a Review
02 - Article Review #1
03 - Article Analysis #1
04 - Media Watchdog Groups
06 - Contact the Media
07 - Become a watchdog
08 - Current Events Presentation
Reflection #8
01 - The Why: Introduction to this unit
02 - Blogging Questions
03 - Creating Your Blog
04 - Sharing your blog and other blogging related interactions...
05 - Submit your finished blog
Reflection #9
The Future of Communication Standards Pre-Assessment
01 - The Why: Introduction to this unit
01 - The TED Talk Phenomenon
02 - Interwebs 2.0
03 - Net Neutrality
04 - Net Neutrality Analysis
05 - Memes
06 - Meme Assignment
07 - Jargon and Misinformation
08 - Future Tense
09 - Copyright
10 - Licenses and Terms of Use
10 - Reflection on the Law
11 - You Write the Law
12 - Fair Use Scenarios
13 - Culture Critique Remix
Reflection #10
Problem/Solution Pre-Assessment
01 - Problem/Solution
02 - Research Project Part 1
04 - Assignment: Podcast
Assignment: Letter to the Editor
05 - Assignment: Be Represented
Reflection #11
Writing Traits
Threes in Essays, Paragraphs and Sentences
01 - Research Resources
02 - Research Resource: Writing a Research Paper
03 - Research Resource: Citing Your Work
04 - Information Resources
00 Instructional Notes
01 Attribution
02 Setting the Scene
03 Looking Closely for Details
04 Guiding Question Handout
05 Understanding Close Reading Texts
06 Looking Closely Discussion
07 Text 2 - Frankl
08 Independent Reading
09 Paraphrase and Discuss
00 Questioning Texts Unit Overview
01 Instructional Notes
02 Questioning Text Model Activity
03 [Description] Questioning a Text Practice
04 Questioning Text Practice
05 Questioning a Text Activity
06 [Description] Questioning Text Independent Practice
07 Modeling Analyzing Text
08 [Description] Developing Text-Dependent Questions
09 Explain Yourself [Teacher]
10 [Description] Explain Yourself
00 Analyzing Details Unit Overview
01 Analyzing Details Instructional Notes
02 Analyzing a Poem
03 Discussion
04 Comparing Texts
06 - Contact the Media ►