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Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
I've Got the Literacy Blues
Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.
3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.
Zines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Zines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Special edition! Students use ReadWriteThink tools to create magazines about prominent figures using a variety of writing genres and styles.
Music and Me: Visual Representations of Lyrics to Popular Music
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Music and Me: Visual Representations of Lyrics to Popular Music
Students will whistle while they work on this lesson, creating a photomontage movie of their interpretation of a favorite song's lyrics that will end everyone's day on a high note.

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