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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShould Mammals Be Kept In Captivity? Sample Persuasive Essay
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Scholastic s Teacher Resource page, features a student-written persuasive essay. Written by Sharon Banta, th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching Point of View with "Two Bad Ants"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use the illustrations and text in Chris Van Allsburg's "Two Bad Ants" to develop an unde...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEndangered Species - Persuasive Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Reading ComprehensionThis student reproducible is from ABCTeach. Students are asked to play the role of a newspaper reporter, select a topic related ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking the Personal Political: Writing Opinion Pieces About Meaningful Issues to Kids
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify controversial topics on which they have strong opini...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Got Milk?" or "Not Milk!"? - That Is the Question: Critically Analyzing Information about Dairy Products on the Internet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Health & Physical Education and 2 additional..Is milk good for you or not good for you? In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore both si...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPourquoi Stories: Creating Tales to Tell Why
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionWhere did the stars come from? What makes lightning and thunder? Pourquoi tales are narratives developed by various cultures aro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkZines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create multigenre "zines," or fan magazines, that focus on prominent figures from popula...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWartime Poetry: Working with Similes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students analyze a photograph and brainstorm words to describe the characters' senses and f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPersuasion Map
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this student interactive, used in several ReadWriteThink lessons, students map out their argument for a persuasive essay or d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Cap o'Rushes" Lesson Plan
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Literary AnalysisIn this lesson, from the University of Calgary, students will read and/or listen to the English folk tale Cap o Rushes, and p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThrough a classroom game and resource handouts, students learn about the techniques used in persuasive oral arguments and apply ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElizabeth Blackwell, the First Woman Doctor
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Health Education, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Elizabeth Blackwell, who became the first woman doctor in 1849. A classroom activity is ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big Bad Wolf: Analyzing Point of View in Texts
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionWas the Big Bad Wolf really all that bad? This lesson encourages students to analyze multiple viewpoints, view texts from differ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDear Librarian: Writing a Persuasive Letter
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write to their school librarian, requesting that a specific text be added to the school ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExamining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. They complete graphi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmelia Bedelia--Persuasive Writing
Grades: 2 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from Teachers.net, students complete a persuasive writing assignment after reading Amelia Bedelia.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Beverly Cleary, author of award-winning children's books including "Dear Mr. Henshaw" an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Race with Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the grace and beauty of motion in a variety of sports. Examining examples from t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeo-Trip
Grades: 5Subjects: Calculus, Geography, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts and 5 additional..In this activity, from the Educator s Reference Desk, students create a travel brochure for a geographic location of their choos...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Case for Reading?Examining Challenged and Banned Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionStudents examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0