The Problem with Prejudice

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The Problem with Prejudice

Description:

Students will read and discuss "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogden and answer questions about the poem. Students will list things they can do to combat prejudice by using each of the letters in the word, and create a small poster with a slogan against prejudice.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Reading, Literature

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Slogans, Prejudice, Poetry, Ogden, Maurice, Poems, Bigotry

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Zerelda Hammer

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student produces final documents that have been edited for

correct spelling;
correct punctuation, including commas, colons, and semicolons;
correct capitalization;
effective sentence structure;
correct common usage, including subject/verb agreement, common noun/pronoun agreement, common possessive forms, and with a variety of sentence structure, including parallel structure;
and correct formatting.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student drafts and revises writing that

is focused, purposeful, and reflects insight into the writing situation;
conveys a sense of completeness and wholeness with adherence to the main idea;
has an organizational pattern that provides for a logical progression of ideas;
has support that is substantial, specific, relevant, concrete, and/or illustrative;
demonstrates a commitment to and an involvement with the subject;
has clarity in presentation of ideas;
uses creative writing strategies appropriate to the purpose of the paper;
demonstrates a command of language (word choice) with freshness of expression;
has varied sentence structure and sentences that are complete except when fragments are used purposefully;
and has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics, usage, and punctuation.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand A: Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

The student determines the main idea or essential message in a text and identifies relevant details and facts and patterns of organization.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand A: Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

The student identifies the author's purpose and/or point of view in a variety of texts and uses the information to construct meaning.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand A: Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively.

The student uses a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues, and recognize organizational patterns.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand D: Language

Standard 1: The student understands the nature of language.

The student understands that there are patterns and rules in semantic structure, symbols, sounds, and meanings conveyed through the English language.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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