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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOnce Upon a Time: Writing Stories about Reading
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students first take an inventory of their own histories as readers...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiography Writing with Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis Scholastic Writing with Writers project focuses on biographical writing. Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, winners of the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incid...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFairy Tale Autobiographies
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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 / HyperLinkBeyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students are invited to attend a 19th-century party as a character from Charles Dickens' "A...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStrategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students practice writing effective summaries using biographies. They first read selections from ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMemories Matter: "The Giver" and Descriptive Writing Memoirs
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students combine reading with descriptive writing. Students read "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTypes of Point of View
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about how biographies are constructed using the Guided Comprehension model develop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovery Channels: Investigating the Legacies of Exploration and Colonization
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, English-Language Arts, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the issues surrounding the celebration of Columbus Da...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDocumenting the American South
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Religion, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis and 3 additional..Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of sources on Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Heard It Through the Grapevine: Evaluating the Differences between Oral and Written History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read a narrative text that recounts the legacy of a family as...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentAutobiographical Incident Rubric
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis rubric, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, allows students to assess and remodel original autobiographical incidents.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiography Project: Research and Class Presentation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students brainstorm about famous people and each selects one to research by reading a biogr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPhotographic Memories: Creating Stories from Photographs
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Types of Media, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how photographs can be interpreted as conveying rich ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHmong Among Us: Creating Portraits of United States Refugee Communities
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the Hmong community in Minnesota; they then resea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDude, I'm Interviewing the President: Examining Humor in the Newspaper and Creating Dialogues Between Famous Figures in American History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students first explore the concept of the interview and the role of th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFacing the Ghosts of Our Past: Writing Narrative Reflections on the Civil War and Slavery
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Film & Video, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students read a review of the movie "Beloved" as a starting point for ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExtreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from National Geographic Adventure Magazine, features information about each of their picks for the 100 greatest ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaking the Witness Stand: Describing Historical Events from a First-person Perspective
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, World History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify a pivotal event in world history that they would lik...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0