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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildhood Through the Looking-Glass
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsThis lesson from EDSITEment explores the vision of childhood created by Lewis Carroll in "Alice in Wonderland." Students begin b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoems That Tell a Story: Narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this four-lesson unit, from EDSITEment, students read, discuss, and analyze selected poems by Robert Frost. The activities th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkMemories Matter: "The Giver" and Descriptive Writing Memoirs
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students combine reading with descriptive writing. Students read "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFairy Tale Autobiographies
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work together in small groups to read, discuss and analyze fairy tales. After compiling ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incid...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, presents an adaptation of the oral recitation lesson: students talk in explicit terms about pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJack London's "The Call of the Wild": "Nature Faker"?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Literature, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students analyze Jack London's "The Call of the Wild." They take a stand on whether London can ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeaving the Threads: Integrating Poetry Annotation and Web Technology
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, engages students in meaningful research using poetry as a focal point. Students identify words...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading and Writing Workshop: "Freak The Mighty"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson plan, from ReadWriteThink, is a novel study of "Freak the Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick. The lesson includes the model...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStory Character Homepage
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, helps students develop a thorough understanding of character. In groups, students look at exam...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Venn Diagram
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis interactive Venn diagram, from ReadWriteThink, allows students to visually compare and contrast information. Students are p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsBy exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the Pilgrims, and the "First Thanksgiving," this lesson from ReadWriteThink asks s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFinding Figurative Language in "The Phantom Tollbooth"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, is an exploration of figurative language using the novel "The Phantom Tollbooth" and various W...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompare and Contrast Electronic Text with Traditionally Printed Text
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Technology, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThe purpose of this ReadWriteThink lesson is to familiarize students with the similarities and differences between electronic te...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, collaborative strategic reading (CSR) is initially presented to students through modeling an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Media Literacy: TV Programs
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, provides a platform from which students can critically analyze popular television programs. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big, Bad Wolf . . . Is This a Fact?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Literature, Technology, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink lesson combines the nonfiction works of Seymour Simon with teacher modeling, discussion groups, and student-...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentAutobiographical Incident Rubric
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis rubric, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, allows students to assess and remodel original autobiographical incidents.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Figurative Language Resource Page
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis student reproducible, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, offers examples of and definitions for several types of figurative lang...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0