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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlliteration in Headline Poems
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the term alliteration. They are given examples of alliteration and ask...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShe Did What? Revising for Connotation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students examine the simple sentence, "She walked into the room." Students act out ways that...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreative Writing Through Wordless Picture Books
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students are exposed to wordless picture books, and they begin developing story lines orall...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld Poetry Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis 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: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkMarian Anderson Is Denied Permission to Sing at Constitution Hall
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States History 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 / HyperLinkReciprocal Revision: Making Peer Feedback Meaningful
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, is designed to help middle school students develop more constructive peer feedback on writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, GrammarIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, appropriate for English language learners, students develop an understanding of the experiences s...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, Technology, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Fairy Tale: Teaching Revision as a Concept
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students establish a definition of revision as a multi-level process. They first examine fracture...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkViewing Vocabulary: Building Word Knowledge Through Informational Websites
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language ArtsThis lesson from ReadWriteThink encourages students to thoughtfully read a text to identify important words, discuss those words...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolishing Preposition Skills through Poetry and Publication
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, GrammarThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses the text "Behind the Mask," to deepen and refine student understanding of prepositions, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrite a Gem of a Poem
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, GrammarLearn about diamante poems, and then consider the idea of cause and effect before working it into the diamante poem format.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0