Unit 1 Lesson Plan

Lesson	Title	Expert Video	Challenge
1	Texting	John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!	Find a partner. Have the most sophisticated conversation you can through text messaging. Make sure to show off your fluency in txt tlk.
2	Emoticons	Rives: A story of mixed emotions	Tell a story using emoticons. Make it an emotional one.
3	Letter Writing	Lakshmi Pratury on letter writing	Handwrite a letter to someone you love that you have not seen in a long time. Mail it to them.
4	Storytelling	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story	Tell the story of a single event. However, the story of the same event must be told through the eyes of multiple people.
5	Stories through Photographs	Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story (11:20)	Tell a true and personal story using only photographs.
6	Evolved Storytelling	Joe Sabia: The Technology of Storytelling	Tell a story using more than just a word doc or pen and paper. Tell your story in a more evolved and interact way.
7	Political Writing	Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper	Pick an issue you care about. Write a letter to your local political that states your feelings on the issue.
8	Re-inventing Pop	Shereen El Feki: culture in the Arab world	Pick several characters from popular culture. Use those characters to reenact a story from your life.