This archive of student work is among the most creative Teaching English resources you're likely to find on the Web. In these pages you can find fresh solutions for old problems, discover new directions to take your classes, or just have fun perusing some innovative unit lesson plans.
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1984 in 2004? - Rachael Holden
1984: Think for Yourself - Tisha Coen
Adding Details: Using Research in Writing Short Fiction- Rebecca Moore
Adventure Unit: Pirates - Max Rixe
And Justice for All (Literature and Social Justice) - Gina Carbone
Against Forgetting - Andrew Rummel
And You Think Your Family is Strange-Monique Duray
Animal Farm: Pigs as People - Anders Lundahl
The Art and Science of English in Advertising: a media literacy unit - Anton Mett
Book Project - Shannon Brinker
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Taking a Closer Look at History, Psychology, and Folklore, Fiction and Film
Building Connections, Strengthening Relationships (Reading, Speaking and Writing) - Laura Van Dyk
Cathcher in the Rye: If a Body Meet a Body, Your Interpretation of Catcher in the Rye- Claire Biolo
Catcher in the Rye (Growing Up in the Goddam Rye)-Brandon Lambert
Censorship: Fahrenheit 451 "The Temperature at Which Books Burn."-Elizabeth Martinson
Censorship: Looking Critically at Censorship- Beth Knudsen
Chocolate War: Dare I Disturb the Universe
Cinderella and Multiculturalism - Shoua Moua
Civil Rights Movement - Maggie Muller
Coming of Age: Their Stories and Yours- Dan Jago
Community of Communication Arts/ Service Learning- Sarah Krueger
Conflict Resolution - Elizabeth McGovern
Conflict: Children in Conflict- Lauren Knuttila
Conflict: Using Language to Disarm Conflict - Allison Krenz
Cowboys and Indians: Different Perspectives in American Western Literature - Pete Klabechek
Creative Reading and Writing Topic: Story - Elissa Kaner
Creative Writing: Creating a Short Story-Jill Zupetz
Creative Writing: Sharing the Human Experience Through the Short Story and Poetry-Dan Darvell
Critical Theories: Psychoanalysis, Marxism, and Feminism- Jenny Pierce
Depressive Disorder-Kyle Carlson
Developing Critical Reading and Thinking Skills - Polly Palmer
Digital Literacy in the 21st Century: Keeping with the Times- Christopher Sturdy
Dystopian Literature: What's Wrong with this Picture? - Katie Ford
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: "Who Am I ?" Is Not an Easy Question- Liz Salmela
Different Perspectives on the Vietnam War-Bill Hozza
Emerson: A Thought Portage - Sean Koster
Existentialism: Who Am I? - Blake Jorgensen
Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Morals - Kristine Ortiz
Family: Where There's a Will There's a Family to Fight over It- Kelsey Fautsch
Fantasy: Escape to Another World, Fantasy Literature and Literary Elements- Jennifer Maki
Farming for Social Change (Animal Farm) - Evan Pengelly
Feminine Archetypes in Mythology: Diving into the Wreck - Katie Koski
Film and Literature: "Why is it filmed like that?"
Freedom Unit: "Are You Free; Can You Be? - Anna Hewitt
From Song to Shakespeare (poetry unit)-Emilie Buesing
Folklore: Students Worlds Students Words-Steph Friebohle
Future: In the Year 3000- Kayti Flynn
Great Gatsby and Critical Theory- Kristen Rauch
Great Gatsby and the American Dream- Nolan Schlinsog
Great Gatsby: Is the American Dream an Illusion? - Nick Rudek
Great Gatsby: Teaching Empathy - Natalie Rancone
Greek Mythology- "It's All Greek to Me" - Emily Dull-Heidenreich
Greek Mythology- Modern Adaptations- Melissa Horner
Hamlet: Murder, Love, Poison, and a Prince: Exploring Shakespeare's Hamlet- Ellen Burns
Hate: A Four Letter Word with a History-Chelsea Erickson
Hero's Journey In Modern Media- Abigail Kwiecinski
Heros: What is a Hero? - Minden Hullstrom
Holocaust, Children of- Anna Danielson
Holocaust: What It Means Today- Meghan Ehnes
Holocaust: Europa Europa, the story of Solomon Perel - Sarah Henfling
Holocaust Literature: Lest We Forget - Theresa Carlson
Huckleberry Finn and Discrimination- Rachel Hoopman
Huckleberry Finn - Erikka Grose
Huckleberry Finn-Jacqueline Gustafson
Huckleberry Finn - Kathleen Jones
Identity: Shaping Identity-Sarah Reisdorf
Interpersonal Communication: Message Making and Meaning - Kari Rasmussen
I-Search Paper - Jason Wermerskirshen
Journey- Hatchet and Walk Two Moons- Nicole LeBlanc
Joy Luck Club: Metaphor, Symbolism, and Socio-Historical Background - Mary Sky Castellini
King Arthur: The Once and Future King - Amy Lovro
Leadership and Power - Jodi Swenson
Literature and Culture of New Orleans-Jen Thielen
Literature and the Vietnam War - Ann Kryjeski
Living in the Digital Age - Andrew Rakerd
The Lost Generation - Matt Dugstad
Media Literacy: "Is Our Town a Global Village?" - Karen Duffy
The Merchant of Venice (Part 1) - Josh Buck
The Merchant of Venice (Part 2) - Josh Buck
Modern Poetry; "Not All Great Poets are Dead" - Dan Mathieson
Multiple Perspectives: Turning Non-fiction into ‘Truth’
Music: The Return of Music-Grant Murray
Mystery, Affair, Freedom, and Intrigue - Women's Literature- Erin Bertheaume
Mythological Structure: The Hero, The Protagonist, and The Journey (Part 1) - Nathan Anderson
Mythological Structure: The Hero, The Protagonist, and The Journey (Part 2) - Nathan Anderson
Nature: Human-Earth Relations: A Literary Exploaration - Ted Anderson
No Man is an Island - Cean Frost
Novel/Movie Project - Kelly Hyvonen
Off to the Fair in King Arthur's Court! - Molly Sorvik
Once Upon Whose Time? (Short Stories) - Katie Peterson
Othello (Part 1) - Stacy Schweim
Othello (Part 2) - Stacy Schweim
Our Fantasy Hero Harry (Part 1) - Stephanie Sanders
Our Fantasy Hero Harry (Part 2) - Stephanie Sanders
A Perfect World: Utopia-Jacqi Harvey-Whiteman
Personal Identity: "The Big World and Me" - Kate Franson
Personal Narrative: Writing From Personal Experience - Margaret Vincent
Perspectives: "Alien" Invasion - Megan Rhode
Poetry, 20th Century African American Poetry- Michael Kerr
Poetry: The Class Poetry Book- Eric Stifter
Poetry, Poetic Devices, and Poetry Slam Planning - Sarah Conlin
Poetry and Music: Vocals never lackin' that finesse... - Bill Lahr
Poetry, Reviving Contemporary Poetry
The Prism of Theory: Critical Approaches to High School Literature - Shane O'Reilly
Professional Skills Unit - Rachel Otto
Pursuit of Happiness - Kayla Klitzke
Racism and Acceptance: A World Beyond Your Own-Angela Brunsvold
Religions Unit: A Comparison of Ideologies-Iris Metzgen-Ohlswager
Romantic Tide: A Unit on Romanticism - Garnet Mayo
Romeo and Julliet: Decision Making, Choices, and Consequences -Laura Schumacher
Say What?: A look at language usage - Julie Toman
The Scarlet Letter - Sarah Matson
The Scarlet Letter - Kristen Groneberg
Science Fiction: Discovering Science Fiction - Marcia Anick
Service Learning: A Community of Communication Arts- Sarah Kruegar
Short Story: Bizzare Twists of Fate in the Short Story - Joe Schingen
Short Story: A Journey in Words: How to Craft a Short Story - Molly Cedarburg
Short Story Writing: "Connections - From Family to Short Story" - Margaret Hamlin
Social Justice: Acting Out, Spotlight on Social Justice- Craig Zimanske
Social Injustice- Brian Fanning
Social Protest: Picket Signs Aren't the Only Way - Stephanie Thayer
Survival in Literature: Extraordinary Endurance- Jessica Stinson
Take a Stand (Literature and Writing) - Christy Tertin
Taking a Stand:Public Speaking - Bert Gilling
Three Cups of Tea and Activism - Caitlin Knoll
To Kill a Mockingbird: Corrupt Innocence - Kelsey Plaunt
To Kill a Mockingbird- Karah Jacobson
Understanding Alien Worlds- Liz Ciminski
Women in World Myth - Alysha Tree
Women's Poetic Journey Through Time - Courtney Hardtke
Viet Nam in Literature - Brenda Lilly
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