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Resource Type: Website / HyperLink2002: The Year in Review: Looking Back at the Events and Trends That Shaped the Past Year
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, Music, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students research and create a book highlighting significant event...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink2003: A Space Tragedy: Examining the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed and 5 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the facts and logistics connected to the space shuttl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink2004 Better and For Worse: A Look Back at the Events That Shaped 2004
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, American Democracy, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider some of the significant events that shaped 2004 thro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Change of Scene: Learning About the Renovation of Performing Spaces
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Geography and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the elements that make a performance space succe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students think critically about their interpretations of the events in an image and write about t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsThe old cliche, "A picture is worth a thousand words" is put to the test when students write their own narrative interpretations...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Pill with a View: A Fantastic Voyage Through the Human Body
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Health & Physical Education, Health Education, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the development of a new medical device, a pill-sized...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAdolescent Literacy
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Professional Development, English-Language ArtsThis page, from the American Library Association, offers a collection of resources related to the demands of teaching adolescent...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfter the Fact: Evaluating the Findings of the Congressional "9/11 Report"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate summaries of the "9/11 Report" and examine questi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlliteration in Headline Poems
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the term alliteration. They are given examples of alliteration and ask...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlphabiography Project: Totally You
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write alphabiographies--by recording an event, person, object or feeling associated with...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAt Home in the Heartland Online: Grades, Subjects and Activities
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Geography and 2 additional..At Home in the Heartland has been written for grades 3 to 12. Text and activities are grade specific and have been organized by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAudience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Technology, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing. Furthermore, it...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBibbidi Bobbidi Tunes
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Music, English-Language ArtsThis ARTSEDGE lesson explores the contrasting styles of the song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" from the Disney movie "Cinderella" and a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: A Character's Letter to the Editor
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students identify an issue or situation that would spur a novel's character to try to persuade ot...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Character and Author Business Cards
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, 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 / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students practice summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews--all while writing ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Technology, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write a group book review, taking notes in their journals throughout the reading a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn 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 / HyperLinkCampaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Technology, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore a range of resources on fair use and copyright then design their own audio publi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0