Avoiding Plagiarism
Grades 9-12
Lesson Targets:

  • Students will organize information into research-friendly criteria.
  • Students will review and analyze their writing to determine whether it adheres to conventions that do not plagiarize.
  • Students adhere to conventions and protocols to avoid plagiarism in writing and in research

Choice and Decision-Making in Web Navigation
Grades 9-12

Learning Targets:

  • Students will apply independent decision-making to develop time and attention for effective scanning and surfing on the internet.
  • Students will develop a sense of timing when searching and using multiple applications on the World Wide Web.


Critical Literacy: Alternative Text
Grades 9-12

Learning Targets:

  • Students will independently drive an informational quest to synthesize information.
  • Students will pull information together to form a conclusion.
  • Students will think broadly about the text to apply an alternative text approach.


Distinguishing Credible from Non-Credible Information on the Web
Grades 9-12

Learning Targets:

  • Students will apply strategies to decipher credible from non-credible information on the World Wide Web.
  • Students will apply concepts of digital print to aid in successful web navigation for research.
  • Students will use only credible information for their research.


Foundational Writing Skills I
Grades 9-12
Lesson Targets:

  • Students will adhere to conventions of basic writing skills in their writing.
  • Students will see examples of, and practice with, appropriate grammar, transitions, paragraph structure, and topic sentences.

Foundational Writing Skills II
Grades 9-12
Lesson Targets:

  • Students will adhere to conventions of basic writing skills in their writing.
  • Students will see examples of, and practice with, appropriate grammar, transitions, paragraph structure, and topic sentences.

Learning to Code Switch
Grades 9-12

Learning Targets:

  • Students will apply dual language strategies to remember critical information when reading digital print.
  • Students will apply dual language strategies to comprehend and synthesize printed and digital information.


Locating and Using Credible Information for Research
Grades 9-12

Learning Targets:

  • Students will apply understanding of web navigation to decipher credible from non-credible information to conduct research.
  • Students will incorporate credible information into their research.


Peer Coaching
Grades 9-12

Learning Targets:

  • Students will articulate via images their need for assistance with their writing.
  • Students will act on feedback received about their writing to revise and edit their work into a final product.


Writing a Feature Article
Grades 9-12
Lesson Targets:

  • Students will organize information onto a graphic organizer to write an Op Ed article of their own.
  • Students will review and analyze feature articles to develop familiarity with the genre.
  • Students compile organized information into a feature article for publication.

Writing an Essay
Grades 9-12
Lesson Targets:

  • Students will organize to write an essay of their own.
  • Students will review and analyze published essays to develop familiarity with the genre.
  • Students compile organized information into a full essay.