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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 / HyperLinkOnline Poetry Classroom
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis site provides teachers with resources related to teaching poetry in the classroom, along with a searchable database of poet...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFlying to Freedom: <i>Tar Beach</i> and <i>The People Could Fly</i>
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Science, Literary Analysis, Life Sciences, English-Language ArtsStudents look to the past and use historical context to compare and contrast two characters from folktales.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading and Writing Workshop: <em>Freak the Mighty</em>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & SpellingStudents use a variety of reading and writing strategies as they read Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPostmodern Picture Books in Middle School
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsStudents 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 / HyperLinkFinding Figurative Language in <i>The Phantom Tollbooth</i>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Vocabulary & SpellingStudents examine figurative language in The Phantom Tollbooth and create a chart representing the literal and figurative meaning...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSharing Poetry with Children
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from Yale/New Haven Teachers Institute, features information and lesson plans for sharing poetry with children. I...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNational Poetry Map: California
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis page, from the Academy of American Poets Online Poetry Classroom, highlights poets from California. It includes links to t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDickens for Dummies: Notes on "A Christmas Carol"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkScholastic Poetry: Writing with Writers
Grades: 1 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis web page, found on the Scholastic Web site, introduces a poetry-writing project featuring three well-known children s autho...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, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsStudents 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 / HyperLinkToday is World Poetry Day.
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literary Analysis and 2 additional..Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack Poetry Day is celebrated today.
Grades: 1 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Languages, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsBooks and webpages are gathered that focus on the work of African American poets and students explore the resources and find a p...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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkValentine's Day is today!
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students find examples of figurative language and write an original example of each device, illustrate, and share them with the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPourquoi Stories: Creating Tales to Tell Why
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literary AnalysisWhere did the stars come from? What makes lightning and thunder? Pourquoi tales are narratives developed by various cultures aro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetry Daily
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis Web site, from Poetry Daily, provides a daily selection of poetry, and an archive of poetry, available for one year from pu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGenre Analysis
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional DevelopmentThis page, from the Journey North Web site, contains a list of different types of text. There are hints and suggestions for how ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIf I Were the Author
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional DevelopmentThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features a strategy to help students explore questions about an author s viewpoint, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLead Preview
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional DevelopmentThis page, from the Journey North Web site, features information about a teaching strategy in which students preview a reading s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0