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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEat Me When I'm Fatter
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis resource, part of Professor D.L. Ashliman s Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Web site, contains several short folkta...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Character and Author Business Cards
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students make business cards for characters and authors. As students make the business card...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Alternative Plots for Robert C. O'Brien's "Z for Zachariah"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students read the science fiction novel "Z for Zachariah," by Robert C. O'Brien. This book i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFairy Tale Autobiographies
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkBook Club Guide: So B. It
Grades: 5 to 9Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional Development, Literary AnalysisThis page, from Kidsreads, features a book club guide for the children s book, So B. It by Sarah Weeks. The page contains gene...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Story Structure with Paper-Bag Skits
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students work in cooperative groups to create semi-impromptu skits using unique props distributed...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraveling the Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Literature, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read historical fiction to gain an understanding of an important period in American hist...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read novels with strong male protagonists in order to examine the notion of courage and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Folklore: Regional Folktales
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis web page, from the American Folklore Web site, contains links to regional United States folklore. The tales are grouped int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Folklore: Historical Folklore
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis web page, from the American Folklore Web site, contains links to historical folklore. The tales are grouped into a variety ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Club Guide: The Thief Lord
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional Development, Literary AnalysisThis page, from Kidsreads, features a book club guide for the children s book, The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. The page cont...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Club Guide: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Grades: 4 to 9Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional Development, Literary AnalysisThis page, from Kidsreads, features a book club guide for the Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snicket. The page c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChildren's Publisher John Newbery
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on John Newbery, an 18th-century English children's book publisher and seller, who inspired...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Creating a Childhood for a Character
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine the character traits of an adult character in a book they have read, and then cr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Change through Allegory and Poetry
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students explore the theme of change through allegory and poetry by reading an example of li...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Creating Careers for Characters
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students "become" characters in a novel or short story they have read and find a job for th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Folklore: Famous Characters
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Literary AnalysisThis web page, from the American Folklore Web site, contains links to a collection of folk tales about famous characters from Am...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCuriouser and Curiouser!: Analyzing Fictional Characters in the Language Arts Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Film & Video, Technology, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 4 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students analyze the important elements of characterization in lit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Club Guide: My Heart Is on the Ground:The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl
Grades: 3 to 9Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Professional Development, Literary AnalysisThis page, from Kidsreads, features a book club guide for the children s book, My Heart is on the Ground, part of the Dear Ame...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students practice summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews--all while writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0