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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Alternative Plots for Robert C. O'Brien's "Z for Zachariah"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students read the science fiction novel "Z for Zachariah," by Robert C. O'Brien. This book i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraveling the Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Literature and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read historical fiction to gain an understanding of an important period in American hist...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoet William Blake
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Visual ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the poetry, artwork and influence of William Blake. A classroom activity is featured in ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFairy Tale Autobiographies
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work together in small groups to read, discuss and analyze fairy tales. After compiling ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Change through Allegory and Poetry
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore the theme of change through allegory and poetry by reading an example of li...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEdgar Allan Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from the EServer Books Collection, offers the full text of Edgar Allan Poe s short story The Masque of the Red D...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEdgar Allan Poe: "The Black Cat"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from the EServer Books Collection, offers the full text of Edgar Allan Poe s short story The Black Cat.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEat Me When I'm Fatter
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis resource, part of Professor D.L. Ashliman s Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Web site, contains several short folkta...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Story Structure with Paper-Bag Skits
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Theatre, Reading Comprehension, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work in cooperative groups to create semi-impromptu skits using unique props distributed...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCuriouser and Curiouser!: Analyzing Fictional Characters in the Language Arts Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Theatre, Writing Strategies, Technology and 4 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students analyze the important elements of characterization in lit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella Tales
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis resource, part of the Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Web site, is a collection of Cinderella tales from around the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from the Virginia Commonwealth University, features the text of the Brothers Grimm classic fairy tale Cinderella.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildren's Publisher John Newbery
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Writing StrategiesThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on John Newbery, an 18th-century English children's book publisher and seller, who inspired...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCatherine Creedon
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis biography, found on Kidsreads.com, provides historical and literary information about author Catherine Creedon. Links to r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read novels with strong male protagonists in order to examine the notion of courage and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students practice summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews--all while writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Creating Careers for Characters
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students "become" characters in a novel or short story they have read and find a job for th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Creating a Childhood for a Character
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine the character traits of an adult character in a book they have read, and then cr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Character and Author Business Cards
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 / HyperLinkBook Club Guide: Witness
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Professional DevelopmentThis page, from Kidsreads, features a book club guide for the children s book, Witness by Karen Hesse. The page contains gener...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0