Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
How do women entrepreneurs overcome barriers to success in the business world? This lesson examines the challenges and triumphs of notable female business leaders. Students will engage in collaborative inquiry, beginning with an iCAP video featuring successful Oklahoma businesswomen. They will identify... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: April 9th, 2025
Women in Business
Is it really worth it? In this lesson, students will read “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov and view “The Silence,” an episode from the Twilight Zone, analyzing the motives and outcomes of the characters. Students begin by participating in a word cloud listing things they’d be willing to give up. Next, they... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: January 29th, 2025
Argumentative Writing
Students use the SPACECAT strategy to analyze reading. It is a mnemonic device for analyzing various components of a rhetorical situation. By breaking down these components, SPACECAT aids in a structured and thorough analysis of the piece. Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
November 25th, 2024
This lesson engages students in exploring, assessing, and drawing conclusions about the validity of various media sources through exploration of the 2019 "Alienstock" phenomenon. Students will work independently and in groups to compare and analyze different media sources and evaluate the validity and... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: March 24th, 2025
Analyzing Information, Media, and Validity
In this lesson on Greek and Latin roots, guide students to explore word origins by discovering root words and applying them to their writing. Have students work in groups to recognize Latin and Greek roots using learning strategies. Lead them through a reading and annotation activity to identify English... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: February 12th, 2025
Greek and Latin Roots
This lesson, based on W.W. Jacob's short story "The Monkey's Paw," is designed to help students understand foreshadowing. Students identify passages in the text that foreshadow the end of the story and predict how they think the story will end. After reading the full story, students compare their predictions... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: October 2nd, 2024
Foreshadowing
Julia Child helped us Master the Art of French Cooking. In this lesson, you will help your students master the art of apostrophes! Your students will start by analyzing the incorrect apostrophes in comics and everyday signage before moving on to a card matching activity that enables them to explore... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
Apostrophes
This introductory philosophy lesson begins by introducing students to existentialism through artwork. Once they have a basic understanding of philosophical inquiry, which explores the issue of human existence, students will delve further into the key themes: Philosophy as a Way of Life, Anxiety and... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 6th, 2024
Existentialism
This companion lesson to "Screaming into the Void" explores the idea of nihilism and what it can teach us about the search for meaning and purpose in our lives, how we can reconcile existential questions with our own values and beliefs, and how one finds meaning, purpose, and value in a world seemingly... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: October 4th, 2024
A dash of this and a dash of that works in cooking, but does it work in writing? In this lesson, students will explore the use of em and en dashes. Through reading the short story “Cooking Time,” students will get to explore the use of dashes. Students will also have the opportunity to write a response... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: April 25th, 2024
The Weirdest Sentence I'd Ever Heard
