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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFahrenheit 451
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, Fahrenheit 451. Each lesson...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJack London's "The Call of the Wild": "Nature Faker"?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Literature, 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: English-Language Arts, Technology, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, engages students in meaningful research using poetry as a focal point. Students identify words...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Venn Diagram
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis 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: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionBy exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the Pilgrims, and the "First Thanksgiving," this lesson from ReadWriteThink asks s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompare and Contrast Electronic Text with Traditionally Printed Text
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Technology, Reading ComprehensionThe 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: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, provides a platform from which students can critically analyze popular television programs. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension: Summarizing Using the QuIP Strategy
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionBased on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFilmmaking: Creating and Organizing the Story
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE "How-To" feature, author Elizabeth Pringle covers the basics for creating a classroom film project. Included ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students and teacher together create the first half of a draft of a comparison and contrast...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"The New York Times" - "All the News That's Fit to Print."
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on "The New York Times" and other contemporary newspapers. A classroom activity is featured...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGIST: A Summarizing Strategy for Use in Any Content Area
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, comprises a series of activities in which students are introduced to the GIST summarizing stra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses narrative structures to introduce students to one form of expository writing--news briefs...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnalyzing Advice as an Introduction to Shakespeare
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students read and analyze the advice given in Mary Schmich's 1997 Chicago Tribune column "A...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoting! What's It All About?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students both listen to information read aloud from a variety of sources and read from fict...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvestigating the Holocaust: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, World History, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore a variety of resources--texts, images, movies, artwork--to learn more about the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExamining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students identify the characteristics of conflict using picture books. They complete graphi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNatalie Babbitt, Author of "Tuck Everlasting"
Grades: 3 to 9Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the author of "Tuck Everlasting," Natalie Babbitt, who has written and illustrated over ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStrategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students practice writing effective summaries using biographies. They first read selections from ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0