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Offline ovid

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High School - Lessons About High School
« on: August 17, 2010, 09:38:27 am »
[mod edit: changed name of the thread and merged similar topics together]
formerly named "High School Cliques"

Trying to put something up for students that's related to high school stereotypes, but it's not polished and is a bit scattered.  I just wanted to do something fun for the students who have me for an extra week (because school starts on wednesday). The next lesson was high school clubs, so I thought a lesson plan on cliques might be interesting..

It all started with this triangle started from Kanye West. So the ice breaker would be about that.  Then we would talk about which of the three attributes they like most, leaning them to talk about self image and popularity, going into the lesson.

First, going over some popular high school cliques and their stereotypes. Then, eventually having students come up with their own ideas of high school cliques they encounter.
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Offline zachmokpo

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Re: High School Cliques
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2010, 02:03:22 pm »
Is it possible to upload a .ppt version as well? The lesson does look good though and I will be trying it in my extra classes soon.
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Re: High School Cliques
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2010, 02:05:07 pm »
It definitely needs some tinkering or perhaps I'm still in summer mode, but that lesson just didn't feel like it was coming together.  Let me know if you have better luck with it.  Uploaded a ppt version here.
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Offline dinomite385

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American High Schools Lesson
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 09:34:08 am »
I am doing an American culture unit for my high school first-graders, and I put together a lesson on American high schools for one of the topics.  I adapted a quiz about high schools and supplemented with additional information.  First, the students work with their groups to take the quiz as a sort of pre-test, and then they exchange papers with another group while we go through the answers.  There are more activities and more information about American high schools with the answer portion of the quiz.  I did the lesson with a couple of classes before midterms, and the students seemed to be interested in the topic. 

The last part of the powerpoint, with the activity about "Stick to the Status Quo" I added in case there was extra time, but I haven't gotten to it in any of my classes so far.  I have a hand-out with the lyrics to go with it.

Let me know what you think!
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Re: American High Schools Lesson
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 09:23:36 am »
Thanks a lot! This is good stuff!! I can easily adapt it to my own highschool classes and think they'll enjoy it.
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Offline elzoog

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Re: American High Schools Lesson
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2011, 09:25:38 am »
A good movie to show them about what high school in America is kind of like is "Mean Girls".   They will like it.
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Re: American High Schools Lesson
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2011, 09:35:29 am »
I always assumed Mean Girls was grossly exaggerated.  Is American High School really like that??
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Re: American High Schools Lesson
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2011, 01:39:43 pm »
A teacher in my school has been showing "Bring it On" (the 3rd one I think) to explain American High School to her students. Had to explain to her that it was exaggerated.
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Offline Julia28

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American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2011, 07:40:01 pm »
Here's a lesson plan I created about American high school. Know that it is for my all-girls high school, hence the many photos from Twilight and Mean Girls.  showed the intro to Mean Girls at the beginning of class to give an "example" of American high school. Then showed the powerpoint. There is a worksheet for teams of 4-6 students, and then a worksheet for students to fill out on their own. As teams they create their own American high school, individually they create a schedule with classes using a vocabulary sheet. It went over pretty well, it got the students speaking a lot of English and were very interested in American high school life.
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2011, 10:19:09 pm »
This is a great idea. I'm always looking for future ideas. I teach at an all girls high school too, but mine has rather low English levels. I'll have to revamp this, dumb it down, and add somethings about my own school. Thanks for the ideas.
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2011, 10:26:40 pm »
This surprisingly worked with lower levels. Given lots of explanations and repetition, the 1st graders understood everything.
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2011, 09:55:57 am »
This lesson seems like an interesting idea. I'll have to see if I can incorpoarte this lesson plan into one of my future lessons.
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2011, 01:02:48 pm »
Hi,

I am new to this program as well as teaching. I am at an all girls' high school and want to use this as a lesson plan. Can someone tell me how I can download the ppts or lessons plans?! Thanks!
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2011, 01:13:11 pm »
Quote from: hsinkr2011 on September 22, 2011, 01:02:48 pm
Hi,

I am new to this program as well as teaching. I am at an all girls' high school and want to use this as a lesson plan. Can someone tell me how I can download the ppts or lessons plans?! Thanks!

Please read here regarding downloading: http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,7188.0.html
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2011, 08:13:47 am »
This is a great lesson.  Thanks, I will have to make some adjustments for my students, but thanks for the lesson.   :D ;D :D
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Re: American High School Lesson Plan
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2011, 10:29:54 am »
Quote from: shhowse on September 22, 2011, 01:13:11 pm
Quote from: hsinkr2011 on September 22, 2011, 01:02:48 pm
Hi,

I am new to this program as well as teaching. I am at an all girls' high school and want to use this as a lesson plan. Can someone tell me how I can download the ppts or lessons plans?! Thanks!

Please read here regarding downloading: http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,7188.0.html

Thank you!!!!
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Offline mhwillis

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Re: High School Cliques
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2011, 11:45:26 pm »
Glee youtube videos have been a treasure trove of content for these types of lessons!
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