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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld Hello Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Humanities, World History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on "World Hello Day," started in 1973 to promote peace between Egypt and Israel. A classroo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWord Play: Examining the Writing Process Through Autobiography
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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 / HyperLinkUnwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureThis 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 / HyperLinkThe Elements of Plot Development
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis resource, from Learner.org, discusses elements of plot development, including the exposition, complications, climax and res...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTales of King Arthur
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, World History, English-Language Arts, Literature, History-Social ScienceIn this EDSITEment lesson, students discover how historical events gradually merged with fantasy to create Arthurian legend. The...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 / HyperLinkPress Conference for "Bud, Not Buddy"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, can be used after the reading of "Bud, Not Buddy," by Christopher Paul Curtis to encourage stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPostmodern Picture Books in Middle School
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, 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 / HyperLinkPoetic Devices
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Grammar, Writing StrategiesJudi 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 / HyperLinkPoet Yusef Komunyakaa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Vietnam War-inspired poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa. A classroom activity is featured in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
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 / HyperLinkMind Pictures: Strategies That Enhance Mental Imagery While Reading
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 / HyperLinkMental Imagery in Reading: A Sampler of Some Significant Studies
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis article, from the International Reading Association, discusses key reading research that examines the effects of mental ima...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLove It or Leave It? Exploring the Relationship Between Flags, Anthems, and Patriotism
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, World History 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 / HyperLinkLook in the Mythic Mirror
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, MusicThis unit of eight lessons, from ARTSEDGE, focuses on Greek mythology, archetypal heroes, Classical literature, storytelling, We...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterary Terms
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, 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 / HyperLinkLasting Impressions: Creating Collages to Reflect Deeply Moving News Events Through Art
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, 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 / 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 / HyperLinkLangston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis 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 / HyperLinkKing Arthur: Man or Legend?
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Theatre, World History, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, 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