Sch-wanky Lessons

Need a student-centered, flexible assignment to give your students this holiday? This assignment is not only fun for students, but challenging. Students will watch the 25 minute version of "A Christmas Carol" from Youtube, track the plot of the story, and then create their own, condensed version fit for the audience of young children. This activity requires critical thinking skills, as students will need to create their own examples of figurative language. You will probably want to use your own

This is a super fun assignment for students to practice rhetorical strategies in a creative way. This resource is JUST the worksheet I use, not the slides. This lesson would last one full 80-90 minute block. I begin by asking students what their favorite piece of clothing is right now, and what they think it says about them. How do they think people perceive them when they are wearing it? Then, I pull up some famous looks from different celebrities/important people in by asking students what th