english lesson plan: online discussions

YES/NO MULTIPLE CHOICE

VOTE OR SUGGEST

FORUM

•  Agree/disagree with events in a story or decisions made by a character

•  Predictions about the novel

•  Debate controversial issues in the text

•  Make a prediction and allow class to agree or disagree

•  Debate the meaning and purpose of figurative language

•  Choose the character you most identify with and explain your connection

•  Choose a theme and analyze its presence in the novel

•  Choose a character and rewrite a scene from his/her point of view

•  SAT sample questions

•  Test students’ knowledge of formatting quotes, citations, etc.

•  Best solution to a problem in a novel

•  Make connections between novel and related literature

•  Analyze themes in text, offering strongest examples from the text

•  Write an alternative ending to the story

•  Best found poem for a chapter

•  Icebreakers

•  Analysis and synthesis questions

•  Compare/contrast characters

•  Peer editing of writing

•  Reflect on personal connection to the text

•  Share “best” example of…(i.e. quote introduction, hook strategy, conclusion, etc.)

English: Lesson Plan Ideas

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English: Multimedia Embed Ideas

IMAGE VIDEO DOCUMENT

•  Bizarre photo to inspire creative story

•  Art inspired by literature for discussion

•  Picture of scenery/setting to inspire a creative description with sensory details

•  Photo of a person/portrait to prompt a fictional biography or autobiography

•  Fictional news story based on a picture of a natural disaster

•  Picture of two people - Students create a dialogue

•  Sentence diagramming photos to demonstrate grammatical process

•  Clips of movie version to compare/contrast

•  Documentaries related to time period or events in a novel

•  Lectures on English topics

•  Music related to a novel (time period or theme)

•  Videos to prompt responses/creative writing

•  Recorded readings of novel excerpts and poetry

•  Watch a video and analyze rhetorical devices

•  Recreate a scene from a Shakespearean play using modern dialogue then upload

•  Student-created videos (performing SLAM poetry)

•  Notes

•  Grammar practice sheets

•  Vocabulary lists/activity sheets

•  Best examples of writing

•  Peer editing guide

•  Related poetry

•  Award winning essays to demonstrate quality writing

•  MLA format resources

•  Copy Change poems to be completed

•  Project guidelines

•  Historical songs/music lyrics for analysis

•  How-to guides

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