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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, GeographyIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students compare and contrast several versions of Cinderella stories told around the world to f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWartime Poetry: Working with Similes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students analyze a photograph and brainstorm words to describe the characters' senses and f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Web-Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students listen and respond to a read-aloud of "The Important Book," by Margaret Wise Brown, and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElements of a Story - PBS Interactives
Grades: 2 to 5Subjects: English-Language ArtsLearn secrets for telling a good story, explore narratives -- heroes, plot and background. Then, write a story of your own.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPourquoi Stories: Creating Tales to Tell Why
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, 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 / HyperLinkGet Set!: Constructing Movie Sets Through Descriptive Writing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students create vivid descriptions for various sets used in the ne...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlter Egos and More with Avi’s <em>"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?"</em>
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Theatre, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsAfter reading Avi’s novel "Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?", students create an alter ego for themselves and use it to write th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis poetry writing workshop, from Scholastic, features writing tips and activities presented by poet Jack Prelutsky. Students c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0