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Lesson Plans - 11th Grade

Valentine’s Day: Love Letters

Students study a love letter from John Keats and write their own

Valentine’s Day Hearts

This unit gives students an occasion to extend their communicative competence in informal settings. It provides them with experience in learning and using language “chunks” and negotiating meaning with native speakers. Students also have the chance to present their work to the mainstream peers and join in group response at an appropriate time.

Valentine’s Day 2002 Teaching Tip lesson plan

Aims: To give reading practice – stage 2
To review vocabulary/structure – stage 3
To make stds aware of ‘rhythm’ – stage 1
To give freer speaking practice- stage 4

Why Celebrate Black History Month

To utilize Internet resources for the immersion of students into Black History, they learn about the culture, heritage, family, church, and politics of the African-American and why we honor their accomplishments. Then they make class presentations.

Black Separatism or the Beloved Community? Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Is the separate black nation proposed by Malcolm X a better or nobler goal than “the beloved community” of Martin Luther King, Jr.?