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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImagery in Poetry PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Mrs. Arthrell, English teacher at the Woodland Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers a Power...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDickens for Dummies: Notes on "A Christmas Carol"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionThis Web site, from Dickens Made Simple.com (formerly Dickens for Dummies ), is a study guide for Charles Dickens A Christmas...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNarrative Script Formatting
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.The main focus of this lesson is the technical formatting of the written script. Students will learn about the five elements of ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAs Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. Using the figur...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkColor Poems
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Mrs. Van de Graaf s Third Grade, Orchard School in South Burlington, Vermont, offers a collection of student...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Cap o'Rushes" Lesson Plan
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, TheatreIn this lesson, from the University of Calgary, students will read and/or listen to the English folk tale Cap o Rushes, and p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students select a character from a work of historical fiction and then help the character c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the nature and structure of expository texts focusing on cause and effect. After...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClassZone.com: Maniac Magee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading ComprehensionHoughton Mifflin s ClassZone provides this novel guide for Jerry Spinelli s Maniac Magee. Teachers will find information about...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExamining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. They complete graphi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnimal Spirit and Powers (Nahuales)
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Foreign Languages, Visual ArtsThis lesson, from ARTSEDGE, teaches basic elements of poetic verse in Spanish and English (sensory use, imagery, stanza, poetic ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses traditional stories (i.e., narrative text) of native peoples of the northwest to introduc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld Hello Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, World History, Reading Comprehension, HumanitiesThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on "World Hello Day," started in 1973 to promote peace between Egypt and Israel. A classroo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGo West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Geography, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt Came from Greek Mythology
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, History-Social Science, Visual ArtsIn this unit of six lessons, from EDSITEment, students study basic plots of three Greek myths and discuss three common themes in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLook in the Mythic Mirror
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Music, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis unit of eight lessons, from ARTSEDGE, focuses on Greek mythology, archetypal heroes, Classical literature, storytelling, We...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students compare and contrast several versions of Cinderella stories told around the world to f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFree Graphic Organizers
Grades: 1 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Graphic organizersThe graphic organizers provided here are, for the most part, plain in appearance. Allow students to create their own look to the...Contributor: Deborah LawsonViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMental Imagery in Reading: A Sampler of Some Significant Studies
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Professional DevelopmentThis article, from the International Reading Association, discusses key reading research that examines the effects of mental ima...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWord Play: Examining the Writing Process Through Autobiography
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students define the steps of the formal writing process and analyze ex...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0