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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
Odell Education Materials
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Apropos of Nothing
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
05 - How to Communicate with Journalists
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
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 Looking Closely Discussion ►