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Lesson Overview
Objective
Draft an informational slideshow that uses text features to organize and enhance ideas and speaker notes to explain, expand on, and connect the information presented.
Readings and Materials
Lesson Map
Create an informational slideshow that explains how an individual today embodies key values of transcendentalism and can be considered a modern transcendentalist.
Brainstorm and select an individual who embodies transcendental values, and identify 2–3 values with initial examples and evidence.
- Transcendental Values Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (G11, U1, L12)
- Modern Transcendentalist Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
W.11-12.2W.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Plan the structure of an informational slideshow by organizing ideas and evidence, selecting relevant quotations, and explaining how they support the thesis.
- Informational Slideshow Outline (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
SL.11-12.4W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Draft an informational slideshow that uses text features to organize and enhance ideas and speaker notes to explain, expand on, and connect the information presented.
- Informational Slideshow Outline Sample Response—Slide 3 (G11, U1, L12)
- Informational Slideshow Outline (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
SL.11-12.4SL.11-12.5W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.6
Revise informational slideshow drafts to include hyphenated compound modifiers.
- Hyphenated Compound Modifier Practice Handout (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
L.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.d
Write a "How To" informational article explaining how to be a transcendentalist today in your local community.
Study a mentor text and brainstorm ideas for a "How To" informational article.
- "How To" Article Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (G11, U1, L16)
Standards
W.11-12.2W.11-12.5
Plan the structure of a "How To" article, including what evidence, examples, and quotations to use to support the ideas in each section.
- "How To" Article Outline (G11, U1, L16)
Standards
W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.5
Draft a "How To" article that uses an appropriate tone for the audience and purpose.
- "How To" Article Outline (G11, U1, L16) — completed on Day 2
Standards
L.11-12.3W.11-12.2W.11-12.2.dW.11-12.2.eW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Provide feedback on a peer's writing and then use peer feedback to improve one's own writing.
- Guide to Effective Feedback Handout (G9–12)
- Peer Feedback Form (G11, U1, L16)
Standards
SL.11-12.1W.11-12.2W.11-12.5
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