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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkZines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create multigenre "zines," or fan magazines, that focus on prominent figures from popula...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting ABC Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, after reading a piece of literature, students explore the text, searching for literary elem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrite Letters That Make Things Happen!
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, United States History, World History, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the letter that U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith wrote to Russian premier Yuri Andropov in...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 / HyperLinkVoting! What's It All About?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students both listen to information read aloud from a variety of sources and read from fict...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Web-Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students listen and respond to a read-aloud of "The Important Book," by Margaret Wise Brown, and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis 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 / 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 / HyperLinkTypes of Point of View
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis Web page, found on the Annenberg Media Learner.org Web site, describes the different types of point of view used by authors...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Magic Touch: Exploring Augmented Reality as a Teaching Tool
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, TechnologyIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the educational applications for new Magic Bo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big Bad Wolf: Analyzing Point of View in Texts
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionWas the Big Bad Wolf really all that bad? This lesson encourages students to analyze multiple viewpoints, view texts from differ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Beverly Cleary, author of award-winning children's books including "Dear Mr. Henshaw" an...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 / HyperLinkTeaching Point of View with "Two Bad Ants"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use the illustrations and text in Chris Van Allsburg's "Two Bad Ants" to develop an unde...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStrong Convictions: Learning to Write Persuasive Editorials about Current News
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed, American Democracy and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the rhetorical structure of a New York Times editoria...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkShould Mammals Be Kept In Captivity? Sample Persuasive Essay
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Scholastic s Teacher Resource page, features a student-written persuasive essay. Written by Sharon Banta, th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading a Fable
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Theatre, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLinkPourquoi Stories: Creating Tales to Tell Why
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisWhere did the stars come from? What makes lightning and thunder? Pourquoi tales are narratives developed by various cultures aro...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 / HyperLinkPersuasive Writing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from the Kent School District, features a collection of links to over 30 different lesson plans and classroom res...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0