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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDickens for Dummies: Notes on "A Christmas Carol"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, 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 / 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: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, 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 / HyperLinkEmblems of the Land I Love: Exploring the History and Impact of Patriotic Images
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn 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: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis 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: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis 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: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension 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: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn 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: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts 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: Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsHoughton 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: 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 / 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: 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 / HyperLinkIt's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension 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: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Theatre, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkAnimal Spirit and Powers (Nahuales)
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Foreign Languages, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ARTSEDGE, teaches basic elements of poetic verse in Spanish and English (sensory use, imagery, stanza, poetic ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLangston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkWorld Hello Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Humanities, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, World HistoryThis 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 / HyperLinkDancing through Poetry
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, Dance, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students look at poetry as a way to express the art of dance metaphorically. Students read two differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoet Yusef Komunyakaa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Vietnam War-inspired poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa. A classroom activity is featured in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0