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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnforgettable...: Writing About Memorable Experiences
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students recall their most memorable experiences. They then weave thei...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPersuasive Pressures: Exploring Ways to Win Votes and Influence People
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate various lobbying groups. They then practice l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlter Egos and More with Avi’s <em>"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?"</em>
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionAfter reading Avi’s novel "Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?", students create an alter ego for themselves and use it to write th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow to Score in the Word Series: Using Exciting and Descriptive Language in Original Articles
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 explore descriptive writing and exciting language. After read...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis poetry writing workshop, from Scholastic, features writing tips and activities presented by poet Jack Prelutsky. Students c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Cap o'Rushes" Lesson Plan
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language 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 / HyperLinkCollecting Their Thoughts: Telling Your Story
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students tell a story from the point of view of someone who lived in a time depicted in a museum exhibition.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElements of a Story - PBS Interactives
Grades: 2 to 5Subjects: English-Language ArtsLearn secrets for telling a good story, explore narratives -- heroes, plot and background. Then, write a story of your own.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFairy Tales, Then and Now
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this Xpeditions lesson, students read an old fairy tale or story and list the geographical features and characters described ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students compare and contrast several versions of Cinderella stories told around the world to f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTechnical Reading and Writing Using Board Games
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students work in small groups over a period of 1-2 days to create board games that review e...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students examine the plot and narrative structure of a story through the use of comic strip ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWartime Poetry: Working with Similes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkListen to the Nightingale
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Music, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students learn music vocabulary and use it to assess David Maddox's musi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFiction, Setting the Story
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students explore how to use the elements of fiction to enhance and devel...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading a Fable
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Literature, Theatre, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students recognize the fable as a literary form. They apply literal, int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElizabeth Blackwell, the First Woman Doctor
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Health Education, History-Social ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkUnwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, builds on students' existing knowledge of plot structure and of cycles in other content areas,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPersuasion Map
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, 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 / HyperLinkWriting ABC Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, after reading a piece of literature, students explore the text, searching for literary elem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0