http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:58 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:58 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=546486 home page for our required first-year composition course http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=502235 The Google Docs Paper Editing lesson was designed to encourage students to begin using online collaboration tools during the writing process. To implement this plan, students should have composed a draft, understand the essential components of academic writing, and how to use post and share documents on Google Docs. The target audience for this lesson is upper level high school students, but the content can be modified to fit all paper writing units. The appeal of this plan is that allows for students to make real-time edits to others papers and post corresponding comments on the author's Google portal. At the completion of this lesson students should have use their knowledge of academic writing to edit at least two papers. Students should also write a self-reflection of their readers comments, further continuing the conversation about their piece. This lesson also is designed to help students use critical skills to improve the products created by their peers.Although this lesson is the only resource posted on this website, other documents will be coming soon. The site is currently a work in progress and will continue to grow as time passes. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=437209 This WebQuest draws on the literary analysis skills necessary to prepare high school students for expository writing. Students will work as cultural historians, literary reviewers, and critical theorists regarding multicultural works such as "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison and "Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich. They will combine family cultures and societal cultures to draw attention to certain disconnects between Western culture and non-Western residents. It is meant for secondary English students. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=674214 Introduction and lesson for initiating the 3 different types of Irony http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=540295 This is a writing assignment that ties the song, The Impossible Dream, in with the movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness" and Martin Luther King's, "I have a dream" speech. Instructions are provided to students, and lyrics to the speech and the song are provided. Students will probably have to do some additional research to obtain information. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=586801 This lesson plan was created as a way to introduce the MYP Design Cycle to a group of MYP Year 2 and 3 students (7th and 8th grade). MYP stands for Middle Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organisation. While MYP is specific to schools implementing this curriculum framework, the Design Cycle is a great resource for any technology or subject area teacher. The Design Cycle makes students cognizant of the steps they go through in creating anything and the importance of multiple designs and planning. Similar to the planning and brainstorming and organizing that goes into writing an essay, The Design Cycle front loads the process with many important actions happening prior to the actual creation of a product. The cycle also asks students to document their creation and evaluate and reflect upon its effectiveness and their own use of the cycle and performance throughout the project. However, The Design Cycle contains some terminology that students will need to grapple with and understand before going forward in a technology class or before a teacher uses the cycle in his or her subject area. This lesson is meant to introduce students to the Design Cycle and asks them to work in groups to develop definitions for unfamiliar terminology and concepts before completing a "Design Challenge." The lesson can be broken into two parts depending on the timetable of the class.