Acknowledgments |
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Meet the Authors |
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Introduction |
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1 Don't Fight the Common Core! |
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The 2nd Hurdle: 70/30 Split Means What?!? |
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Benefits of Teacher Revision |
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Fiction versus Nonfiction |
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Tackling the Core through Research |
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The Core Benefits Writing, Too! |
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2 Choice Excerpts and Nonfiction Pairings: You Lose Some to Gain Some |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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Nonfiction Enhances the Learning |
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Essential Excerpts and Choice |
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An Assignment: "Weird Science" |
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Unit 1 and Sample Lesson Plans |
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Lesson 1 Frankenstein Connections |
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Lesson 2 Frankenstein Weird Science! |
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Presentation Rubric: "Weird Science" |
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Possible Extensions through Contemporary Young Adult Literature |
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3 Don't Forget the S.O.A.P.: Breaking It Down |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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Additional Advice Resources |
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An Assignment: "Inventions and Discoveries" |
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Kids, Don't Forget the S.O.A.P. |
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Unit 2 and Sample Lesson Plan |
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Lesson 1 Inventions and Discoveries Across the Decades |
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Presentation Rubric: Inventions and Discoveries Across the Decades |
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Possible Extensions through Becoming an Inventor |
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4 Implementing Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: Reach'em with Rhetoric |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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An Example of Breaking It Down |
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Finding Evidence by Selecting Advertisements |
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The Assignment: "Make Me Buy" |
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Unit 3 and Sample Lesson Plans |
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Lesson 1 Critical Consumerism |
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Lesson 2 Advertisement Critique |
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Lesson 5 Make Me Buy! A Brainstorming Activity |
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Presentation Rubric: Product Project |
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A Possible Extension through Pop Art |
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5 Looking at History through Multiple Genres: Pulling It Together and Constructing Meaning |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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Relatable Materials Create Meaning for Students |
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Tackling the Time Barriers |
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September 11th and the Kent State Shootings |
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A Return to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos |
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Unit 4 and Sample Lesson Plans |
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Lesson 1 Guided Questions for Research |
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Lesson 2 Defining Altruism |
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Lesson 3 September 11th Article Analysis |
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Lesson 4 Can You Feel the Pathos? |
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Lesson 5 Defining the American Dream |
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Lesson 6a Prereading Questions |
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Lesson 6b Read and Annotate |
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Opportunities for Extension |
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6 Writing with Spin to Rewrite History: When Words Matter |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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Some Love for Dystopian Novels |
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Bias Control as History Is Rewritten |
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An Assignment: "The Decade Project" |
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Basic Differentiation for the Project |
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Empower Student Writing through Choice |
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Unit 5 and Sample Lesson Plans |
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Lesson 1 Are You the Hero of Your Story? Opportunities and Choices Begin Here Be Informed; Be Involved; Take a Side; Take a Stand! |
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Lesson 2 The Brainstorm Blitz |
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Lesson 3 Bringin' the Bias |
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Presentation Rubric: The Decades Project |
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Lesson 4 Believe It or Not? |
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Opportunity for Extension: Utopian versus Dystopian Project |
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Dystopia Project Dystopia |
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Presentation Rubric: Dystopia Project |
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Another Brave New World: The Creation of a Utopia |
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Presentation Rubric: "A Brave New World...?" |
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7 The Debate: Words that Win |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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Taking a Side and Taking a Stand |
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Finding Strengths and Working Collaboratively |
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Where the Classics Fit In |
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Antigone and 12 Angry Men |
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A Couple of Nonfiction Connections |
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Unit 6 and Sample Lesson Plans |
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Lesson 1 The Debate! Plan of Action |
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Lesson 2 Claims and How to Write Them |
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Lesson 3 Opening Statements and Closing Arguments: Preparation for the Debate |
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Lesson 4 Opening Statement---Will Stricter Safety Measures Make School Safe? |
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Handout 1 Sample Time Table for Debate |
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Handout 2 Judge's Sheet for Debate Grade-wide Debate |
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Lesson 5 Just Beginning... Inherit the Wind |
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Lesson 6 Where Do You Stand? Inherit the Wind |
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Lesson 7 Four Corner Debate---Teacher Guidelines |
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Lesson 8 Inherit the Wind: Quotations and Themes Analysis |
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Lesson 9 H. L. Mencken and the Scopes Trial Quotation Reflection |
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Lesson 10 Inherit the Wind (Timed) Essay Test |
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8 A Reflective Writing Assignment: We Come Full Circle |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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The Steps Involved in Writing the Letter |
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Always Bringing It Back to Ethos, Pathos, Logos |
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Lesson 1 You Say Goodbye, and They Say Hello! |
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9 A Romeo and Juliet Assignment: True Love and Its Letters |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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When to Use the Love Letters |
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Voltaire's Love Letter to Olympe |
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Sid Vicious and the Love of His Life |
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Lesson 1 True Love or Foolishness? |
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Lesson 2 Nancy and Sid---A Modern Day Juliet and Romeo |
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10 An Animal Farm Assignment: The New Rebellion Begins |
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Common Core State Standards (in Our Own Words) |
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Presentation Rubric: Takeover Project |
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Appendix: Nonfiction Resources Used in This Book |
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Bibliography |
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