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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChoose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, combines reading and writing in a collaborative, small-group learning experience. It utilizes ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting an Original Fable
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Literature, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students write original fables using the stages of the writing process. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolishing Preposition Skills through Poetry and Publication
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Grammar, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses the text "Behind the Mask," to deepen and refine student understanding of prepositions, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPicture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books give students frames for structuring research projects, freeing them from the langu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Cite Information Sources?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis page, from the Kentucky Virtual Library, discusses the importance of citing information sources, in order to lend credibili...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students practice summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews--all while writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorkshop 5: Teaching Multigenre Writing
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Professional Development, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from Learner.org, provides a workshop on multigenre writing, an eclectic approach to writing instruction that off...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Pill with a View: A Fantastic Voyage Through the Human Body
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Growth, Development & Aging, Health & Physical Education, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the development of a new medical device, a pill-sized...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAdolescent Literacy
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Professional Development, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis page, from the American Library Association, offers a collection of resources related to the demands of teaching adolescent...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring and Sharing Family Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students access their own life experiences and then discuss family stories they have heard....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWalter Dean Myers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Walter Dean Myers, author of dozens of young adult novels and other works, including "Mo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrite a Gem of a Poem
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Grammar, English-Language ArtsLearn about diamante poems, and then consider the idea of cause and effect before working it into the diamante poem format.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommunity Involvement Presentation Resources and Handouts
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis 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 / HyperLinkWhen I Was Young In... A Literature to Language Experience
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Grammar, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, appropriate for English language learners, students develop an understanding of the experiences s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWrite Sports Trivia
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Sports and Competition, Physical EducationIn this activity from ReadWriteThink, children look at different online baseball trivia questions to see how they are written. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: A Character's Letter to the Editor
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkE-pals Around the World
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Technology, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, helps teachers select e-pals for their students and develop real-life writing and learning exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCelebrate Heroes
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkReciprocal Revision: Making Peer Feedback Meaningful
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, is designed to help middle school students develop more constructive peer feedback on writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCities and Towns in Children's Literature
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Geography, Literary Analysis, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from Carol Hurst s Children s Literature Site, is part of a collection of thematic resources for integrating chil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0