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Examining Aspects of Humanity - through NIGHT |
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English Language Arts |
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9,10 |
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This is a plan for a unit titled: Examining Aspects of Humanity/ Reflections on Humanity and we will be using many different texts but the main novel is NIGHT. We have used Common Core Standards with this unit as CA will be moving in this direction in the next year and they link well to the CA standards that we have been teaching but allow us to start designing our curriculum around the new standards.... |
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Program Notes |
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music |
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6,7,8,9,10,12 |
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Description: |
This lesson will provide a template for having your students write the program notes for your next program. This is a great way for the students to do their own research and have a better understanding of where they music they are performing comes from.... |
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Bartok's Allegro Barbaro |
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Arts,music- band |
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Grade: |
9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Allegro Barbaro is a piano composition by Bela Bartok. Tom Wallace of the Arranger's Publishing Company has arragned it for concert band. This is an interactive lesson to teach the students about Bartok and the original composition.... |
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Title: |
Geometry Term Scavenger Hunt |
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Mathematics,Geometry |
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Grade: |
9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Students will explore the world around them to find geometric shapes. They will use cameras to take pictures of the shapes and then make a powerpoint pressentation that highlights the figure and provides a deffinition. ... |
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Title: |
IPA |
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Foreign Languages |
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Grade: |
9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Use IPA as a summative assessment can be an effective way to give feedback to both the students and the teachers alike. Here is an IPA that I did.... |
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Title: |
Interviewing Skills |
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English Language Arts,Journalism |
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Grade: |
10,11,12 |
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Description: |
In this lessons, students will compare two similar (but actually very different) interviews. Both Stephen Colbert (on The Colbert Report) and Terry Gross (on NPR's Fresh Air) interviewed journalist Jose Antonio Vargas after he disclosed his status as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times article. These interviews are very different, and while students are usually attracted by Colbert's style, they eventually see that Gross runs a much better interview.... |
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Title: |
Scholast Press Law Background |
| Subject: |
Journalism |
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Grade: |
10,11,12 |
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Description: |
This lesson is a brief overview of Scholastic Press Law, as it applies to student journalists in the State of California. It begins with the First Amendment, which is where press rights originate from. It discusses three landmark Supreme Court cases that have influenced student press rights: Tinker, Fraser, and Hazelwood. It concludes with a description of California Ed. Code 48907, which provides student journalists substantially more rights than are currently guranteed by Supreme Court rulings.
Please note that I'm a journalism adviser and not a lawyer. The information contained in this presentation is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Also, please note that it will not apply to all journalism programs - particularly those in private schools or outside of California.... |
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Title: |
Summarizing Mitosis and Meiosis WS |
| Subject: |
Science |
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Grade: |
9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
A graphic organizer worksheet that summs up the differences in chromosome number and ploidy when comparing mitosis and meiosis. Not particulary complex, but really drives home the differences between the two.... |
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Title: |
Fat and Sugar Calculation |
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Nutrition |
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Grade: |
6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
In this lesson, students will learn to read the Nutriction Facts label on processed food; and learn the two formulas for finding the amount of fat in food, as well as sugar in soft drinks.... |
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