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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, TechnologyIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write a group book review, taking notes in their journals throughout the reading a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Character and Author Business Cards
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students make business cards for characters and authors. As students make the business card...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAudience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, TechnologyThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing. Furthermore, it...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkE-pals Around the World
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, TechnologyThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, helps teachers select e-pals for their students and develop real-life writing and learning exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWright Brothers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Technology, ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Wright brothers and their historic first flight in 1903. A classroom activity is fea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPicture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books give students frames for structuring research projects, freeing them from the langu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring and Sharing Family Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students access their own life experiences and then discuss family stories they have heard....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooking up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, GrammarIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the genre of menus by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. They revi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKaren Hesse
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, Literature and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Karen Hesse, who has authored a number of works of historical fiction that bring history...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCampaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore a range of resources on fair use and copyright then design their own audio publi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPocahontas Marries John Rolfe
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the facts and fiction surrounding the legend of Pocahontas. A classroom activity is feat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDigital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore both facts and feelings about a topic, and make self-text-world connections as t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about how biographies are constructed using the Guided Comprehension model develop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Memory: Li-Young Lee's Poem "Mnemonic" and the Brain
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Science, Literature, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students first write about memory. They then use Web resources to learn how memory works and appl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCopyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read about the history of copyright law and generalize about how and why it has changed....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTechnology and Copyright Law: A "Futurespective"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students review some copyright disputes involving new technologies. They then write newspaper art...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExplore Summers Past and Present
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsHave fun sharing favorite summer memories. In this activity from ReadWriteThink, children think about their own memories and ans...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrite Sports Trivia
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Sports and Competition, Physical EducationIn this activity from ReadWriteThink, children look at different online baseball trivia questions to see how they are written. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0