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- 21: Ten Oscar® Competition Activities
- Explains an Oscar®-type competition
for the readings that a class has completed over the course of a
school term. Activities include asking students to reflect on the
term's readings and name the character, the best setting, and the
best descriptive passage.
- 22: Ten Television Show Analysis Prompts
- Tackles writing projects focusing on
television shows. Some of the assignments will work for either
scenario that Amy's students describe, some are clearly for
students who are comparing two shows, and some invite comparisons
among several shows. Includes assignments asking students to
consider gender roles, the importance of costumes, and the
connections between the commercials and the programs they appear
during.
- 23: Ten Rhetoric of War Questions
- Outlines projects that focus on the ways
that language is used to present images and information on wars.
Includes questions that focus on subjective and objective
language, the names that are used in relationship to the conflict,
and the details and ideas that are avoided in news reports and
other presentations.
- 24: Ten Conflict and Violence Prompts
- Lists writing assignments that ask students to
think about what they know about conflict and violence, the ways that they
react when they face conflict or violence, and the ways that society discusses
conflict and violence.
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25: Ten English Language Exercises
- Outlines projects that we use language — the
ways that we talk, write, and otherwise use words, sentences, and phrases.
- 26: Ten Cliffs NotesTM Exercises
- Outlines exercises that make a study of the Cliffs NotesTM or Monarch NotesTM or MasterPlots, by asking students to consider the limitations of Cliffs Notes and the problems with using summaries as a substitute for the actual text.
- 27: Ten Red Ribbon Week Activities
- Concentrates on student activities that relate to Red Ribbon Week, by considering alcohol, tobacco, and other drug or violence prevention programs, activities or events.
- 28: Ten Ways to Write About Computer Viruses
- Explores critical technoliteracy activities that focus on how people respond and react to computer virus scares. Modified from the Year 2000 list.
- 29: Ten Ways to Write about Election Time, Part 1
30: Ten Ways to Write about Election Time, Part 2
- Asks students to think critically about the ways that the election events happen and gives them the chance to think about a specific issue or concern raised by one of the candidates or related to a referendum on the ballot. Written generally, referring to candidates and referendums rather than to specific people and initiatives, these questions should be easily adapted to any local, state, or national election.
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Originally Posted on the NCTE Web on March 12, 2000.
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