In this lesson, students will spend some time planning their individual essay. Then they will continue working on the group project exploring other American short story writers and their time periods.
The 12th grade learning experience consists of 7 mostly month-long units aligned to the Common Core State Standards, with available course material for teachers and students easily accessible online. Over the course of the year there is a steady progression in text complexity levels, sophistication of writing tasks, speaking and listening activities, and increased opportunities for independent and collaborative work. Rubrics and student models accompany many writing assignments.Throughout the 12th grade year, in addition to the Common Read texts that the whole class reads together, students each select an Independent Reading book and engage with peers in group Book Talks. Language study is embedded in every 12th grade unit as students use annotation to closely review aspects of each text. Teacher resources provide additional materials to support each unit.
Research technology risks and dangers, explore solutions, and create a report to communicate your findings. Time to complete: 2-5 hours
Research a topic related to Women's History and create a report to communicate your findings. Time to complete: 2-5 hours
Give and receive feedback by collaborating with classmates in Google Jamboard. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn all about Gmail: explore your inbox, compose an email, add an attachment and reply to emails you receive. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn the skills you'll need to use Google Drive effectively, and keep your Drive organized. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Hold a virtual meeting to plan the details of your celebration using Google Meet. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn tools and settings for working in a document. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn to organize, manage, and share files in Drive. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn the basic components of Gmail to help you send and receive emails. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Learn how to add tables, diagrams, and charts, and share your presentation. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Collaborate with classmates to create a plan to recognize and stop cyberbullying. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Explore how light responds when it interacts with different types of juice in a live-action video [1:30] from PEEP and the Big Wide World. Use the video to observe and make evidence-based claims about how light interacts with different materials. Support materials include: Background Reading, Teaching Tips, and Discussion Questions. This resource was developed through WGBH's Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms project, in collaboration with NASA.
Explore effective interview questions. By choosing questions that are open-ended and important to them, students can learn great interview skills that can be helpful in future college and job interviews.
Collaborate with peers to create a presentation in Google Slides after learning about Space Shuttle Discovery on Google Arts & Culture. Time to complete: 2-3 hours
Share news about your family by making a family newsletter in Google Docs. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Manage communication for your large-scale group project with digital tools. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Plan a team project, track its progress and costs, and prepare a summary report using digital tools. Time to complete: 4-9 hours
Molly and Trini discover that it's important to question the reliability of informational texts, in this animated 11-minute story from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. [25:25]