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A World of Poetry
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsThis ARTSEDGE Spotlight focuses on the many types of poetry--from poetry of Yeats to the lyric poets of the Harlem Renaissance t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Poetics of Hip Hop
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Music, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets, works of American poets, and hip hop music to determine...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Uppity Farm Animals
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Writing Strategies, Theatre, Visual Arts, Music, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students analyze problems and create solutions by dramatizing the story, "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Cinderella" Trilogy
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students compare and contrast three culturally distinct variations of the "Cinderella" folktale: "Rhodo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Comparing Cinderella Stories
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsThis student interactive, from an ARTSEDGE lesson, prompts students to use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast elements from ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Ferocious Fighting Fish: An Ocean Unit Exploring Beginning Word Sounds
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students focus on alliteration while exploring an ocean theme. Students explore alliteratio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Discovering Traditional Sonnet Forms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students read and analyze sonnets to discover their traditional forms. Students chart the c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0As Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. Using the figur...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, World History, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students analyze World War II posters to explore how argument, persuasion, and propaganda d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore the organizing structure and writer's craft of picture books. They then id...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Adjective Monster
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts, Grammar, English-Language Arts, MathematicsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creativ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Can You Measure Up?
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, MathematicsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students read Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel's book "Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!" They engage in dramat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Animal Habitats
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts, Music, Science and 2 additional..In this ARTSEDGE lesson, early primary students learn about meadow and swamp animal habitats. Students use chronological orderin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Analyzing Symbolism, Plot, and Theme in "Death and the Miser"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students apply analytical skills to an exploration of the early Renaissance painting "Death and t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Focus on First Lines: Increasing Comprehension Through Prediction Strategies
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine opening sentences from texts they read completely in later sessions of a course ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students "mine" texts for favorite words from favorite stories. Working together, students select...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Focusing Reader Response Through Vocabulary Analysis
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students compile a list of words associated with a novel they have recently read, one word at a t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Question and Answer Books--From Genre Study to Report Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students look at question and answer books as a genre study. Through read-alouds and independent ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Looking at Landmarks: Using a Picture Book to Guide Research
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Geography, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink lesson uses "Ben's Dream," a picture book by Chris Van Allsburg, to highlight ten major landmarks of the wor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Cooking up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the genre of menus by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. They revi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0