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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHeroes Around Us
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Humanities, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore the distinction between a hero and an idol. Students select, read about, a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Folktales
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the common elements of folktales and tall tales, while learning how these tales built ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPersuasive Essay: Environmental Issues
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore environmental issues that are relevant to their own lives, self-select topics, a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting an Original Fable
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students write original fables using the stages of the writing process. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching Voice with Anthony Browne's "Voices in the Park"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink lesson focuses on the concept of voice, which is often difficult for middle school students to incorporate i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWright Brothers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkWorld Poetry Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on poetry and the celebration of "World Poetry Day" each March 21st. A classroom activity i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses word webs as a tool to expose students to synonyms for common words, to help students cho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBibbidi Bobbidi Tunes
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, MusicThis ARTSEDGE lesson explores the contrasting styles of the song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from the Disney movie "Cinderella" and a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPicture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books give students frames for structuring research projects, freeing them from the langu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMarian Anderson Is Denied Permission to Sing at Constitution Hall
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt's protest over African American singer Marian Anderson being banned fr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPaul Fleischman
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on novelist and poet Paul Fleischman. A classroom activity is featured in which students wr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWilliam Carlos Williams
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the style of American writer William Carlos Williams. A classroom activity is featured i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReciprocal Revision: Making Peer Feedback Meaningful
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, is designed to help middle school students develop more constructive peer feedback on writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Free Verse in the "Voice" of Cesar Chavez
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students familiarize themselves with the characteristics of free verse and write a free verse poe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring and Sharing Family Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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: Grammar, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 / HyperLinkWalter Dean Myers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Walter Dean Myers, author of dozens of young adult novels and other works, including "Mo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKaren Hesse
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts 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 / HyperLinkWhen I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Grammar, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, appropriate for English language learners, students develop an understanding of the experiences s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0