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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPostmodern Picture Books in Middle School
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisStudents analyze the structure of a postmodern picture book, Black and White, to uncover how authors create unexpected plots and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMind Pictures: Strategies That Enhance Mental Imagery While Reading
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create mental images while reading using a three-pronged approach. The first approach de...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEmblems of the Land I Love: Exploring the History and Impact of Patriotic Images
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the histories of American patriotic emblems and exami...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkIs Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students generate a list of superheroes from various types of texts. They then explore individual...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGraphing Plot and Character in a Novel
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students graphically illustrate events in the plot of the story, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTales of King Arthur
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this EDSITEment lesson, students discover how historical events gradually merged with fantasy to create Arthurian legend. The...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this activity for students, from the Library of Congress Learning Page, take apart real-world political cartoons and learn ho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLangston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and poetry of Langston Hughes. A classroom activity is featured in which studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDancing through Poetry
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Dance, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students look at poetry as a way to express the art of dance metaphorically. Students read two differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this series of lessons, from EDSITEment, students learn about the 19th-century author Hans Christian Andersen, who created vi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Elements of Plot Development
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis resource, from Learner.org, discusses elements of plot development, including the exposition, complications, climax and res...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEdward Stratemeyer, creator of book series such as Nancy Drew, was born on this day in 1862.
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisStudents select several books from one of Stratemeyer's series to read, discuss shared elements in the books, and use the 3-Circ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKing Arthur: Man or Legend?
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Theatre, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, World History, History-Social ScienceIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the legend of King Arthur as depicted in stories, poems, and artwork. Students exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetic Devices
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Grammar, English-Language ArtsJudi Moreillon s Web site Story Trail presents a study of poetic devices that can be used in both poetry and prose compositions....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterary Terms
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis page, from Cyber English, provides a glossary of literary terms including plot, imagery, characterization, irony, theme, ox...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistorical Fiction: Using Literature to Learn About the Civil War
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a book from "The American Girls" series to learn about the characteristics of histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLasting Impressions: Creating Collages to Reflect Deeply Moving News Events Through Art
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how representing real events through visual and writt...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLove It or Leave It? Exploring the Relationship Between Flags, Anthems, and Patriotism
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify flags by country, then research the symbolism and hi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLangston Hughes was born in 1902.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students examine the poem "Dreams" and identify metaphors in each sentence. Groups of students then compose poems with metaphors...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0