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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 / HyperLinkPostmodern Picture Books in Middle School
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, 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 / HyperLinkDickens for Dummies: Notes on "A Christmas Carol"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisThis 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 / HyperLinkEdward Stratemeyer, creator of book series such as Nancy Drew, was born on this day in 1862.
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, 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 / 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 / HyperLinkPoetic Devices
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, GrammarJudi 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 / HyperLinkEmblems of the Land I Love: Exploring the History and Impact of Patriotic Images
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History, 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 / 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 / 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 / HyperLinkLasting Impressions: Creating Collages to Reflect Deeply Moving News Events Through Art
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Visual Arts & Performing 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 / 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLove It or Leave It? Exploring the Relationship Between Flags, Anthems, and Patriotism
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, World History, United States History, History-Social Science 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 / HyperLinkClassZone.com: Maniac Magee
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisHoughton 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 / HyperLinkLiterary Terms
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisThis page, from Cyber English, provides a glossary of literary terms including plot, imagery, characterization, irony, theme, ox...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students focus on the figurative language in Heaney's poem, "Digging," and discuss the speaker's attitude, and how metaphor, sim...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 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 / 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 / HyperLinkIt's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Visual Arts & Performing 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 / 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 / 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