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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 / HyperLinkComparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students investigate picture books organized in comparison/contrast structures to discover method...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommunity Involvement Presentation Resources and Handouts
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from McBookwords, offers links to resources and handouts for a presentation on involving communities in building read...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkColor of Silence: Sensory Imagery in Pat Mora's Poem "Echoes"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students go from the concrete to the abstract as they move from using their senses to descr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCities and Towns in Children's Literature
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, Geography, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Carol Hurst s Children s Literature Site, is part of a collection of thematic resources for integrating chil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChoose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, combines reading and writing in a collaborative, small-group learning experience. It utilizes ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacter Study: Creating Collages Reflecting Desirable Qualities in a Political Leader
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Career & Technical Ed, History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students consider and create collages about the values and morals ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCelebrate Heroes
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this activity from ReadWriteThink, children are encouraged to spend a little time thinking and writing about just what makes ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCampaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 / HyperLinkBoys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write a group book review, taking notes in their journals throughout the reading a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, 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: Character and Author Business Cards
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, 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 Report Alternative: A Character's Letter to the Editor
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students identify an issue or situation that would spur a novel's character to try to persuade ot...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBibbidi Bobbidi Tunes
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, 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 / HyperLinkAudience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing. Furthermore, it...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAt Home in the Heartland Online: Grades, Subjects and Activities
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Geography and 2 additional..At Home in the Heartland has been written for grades 3 to 12. Text and activities are grade specific and have been organized by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlphabiography Project: Totally You
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write alphabiographies--by recording an event, person, object or feeling associated with...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlliteration in Headline Poems
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 / HyperLinkAfter the Fact: Evaluating the Findings of the Congressional "9/11 Report"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate summaries of the "9/11 Report" and examine questi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0