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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExamining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. They complete graphi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Things They Carried
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Each lesson has fo...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Research Guide for Students: Guidelines on How to Write a Bibliography
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, Writing StrategiesThis resource, from A Research Guide For Students Web site, features highly comprehensive guidelines to compiling an accurate ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComparison Strategies Support Reading, Writing, and Learning
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesThis web page, from KidBibs, provides information about strategies that can be used by parents and teachers to help children dev...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe War in Vietnam: A Story in Photographs
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Types of Media, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts and 4 additional..This lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to Article I, Section 8, which grants Congre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's Fit to Print? Learning How to Read a Newspaper Critically
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical EdIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate how newspapers are constructed and evaluate the exte...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompare and Contrast Electronic Text with Traditionally Printed Text
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThe purpose of this ReadWriteThink lesson is to familiarize students with the similarities and differences between electronic te...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHail to the Chief: Exploring Front Page Coverage of Presidential Election Outcomes in the 20th Century
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, United States History and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how the "New York Times" has represented presidential...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoting! What's It All About?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students both listen to information read aloud from a variety of sources and read from fict...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriteDesign Online: Graphic Organizers
Grades: 1 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from WriteDesign, offers information about graphic organizers and their use in the classroom. There are links to seve...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack, White and Digitized All Over: Examining the Pros and Cons of Print Newspapers and Online News Sites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, Writing Strategies and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the pros and cons of getting news from print newspape...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHave Web, Will Travel! Creating Web-Based Travel Guides for Vacation Destinations
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Geography and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the many applications of the Internet in travel p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign a Travel Brochure
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, Writing Strategies, History-Social ScienceIn this activity from ReadWriteThink, children create a travel brochure to share information about a place they have visited or ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students and teacher together create the first half of a draft of a comparison and contrast...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Venn Diagram
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis interactive Venn diagram, from ReadWriteThink, allows students to visually compare and contrast information. Students are p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionTo complete research for any kind of writing project, students need effective comprehension strategies for both print and online...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses narrative structures to introduce students to one form of expository writing--news briefs...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNewspaper Reporting and Writing
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, Writing Strategies, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 2 additional..In this PBS lesson, from the Michael Palin s Heminway Adventure, students author a newspaper about Hemingway s life, especially ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvaluating Internet Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from eduScapes, describes the process of evaluating Internet sites. The page includes links to interesting hoax s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTell It Like It Is: Debating the Reliability of Online Information Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Oral PresentationsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the accuracy of the Web sites they regularly use. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0