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Decoding the Dystopian Characteristics of Macintosh's "1984" Commercial
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Decoding the Dystopian Characteristics of Macintosh's "1984" Commercial
This lesson uses the "1984" Macintosh Commercial to introduce students to dystopian characteristics. Students analyze techniques used in the commercial and identify the comments that it makes about contemporary society.
Reading Movies and TV: Learning the "Language" of Moving-Image Texts
Grades
5 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Reading Movies and TV: Learning the "Language" of Moving-Image Texts
Introduce students to the idea that movies and TV have their own language and grammar, which gives them special ways of telling their stories.
Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
Grades
6 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future!
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
What's My Subject? A Subject-Verb Agreement Minilesson

Students explore subject–verb agreement using real-life examples and then talk about the difference between formal and informal language and how to use this important grammatical rule.

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