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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDigital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore both facts and feelings about a topic, and make self-text-world connections as t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWordle
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Technology, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, English Language DevelopmentThis beautiful web site takes text that you copy and paste into the application and creates a word art. The transition words ar...Contributor: Victoria WilliamsViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCulture Shock
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, History-Social Science, Writing StrategiesThis Xpeditions lesson asks students to think about how cultural customs differ throughout the world. Students research a foreig...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from EDSITEment, contains three activities for students to study the events of the Boston Tea Party of 1776 and ref...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroducing Each Other: Interviews, Memoirs, Photos, and Internet Research
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students read, write, speak, listen, and research as they interview a partner and write an a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChoose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Technology, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, combines reading and writing in a collaborative, small-group learning experience. It utilizes ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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, English-Language Arts, Technology, Writing StrategiesIn 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 / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Character and Author Business Cards
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn 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 / HyperLinkAudience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Technology, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing. Furthermore, it...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkE-pals Around the World
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Technology, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, helps teachers select e-pals for their students and develop real-life writing and learning exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWright Brothers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Technology, History-Social Science, ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Wright brothers and their historic first flight in 1903. A classroom activity is fea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPicture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books give students frames for structuring research projects, freeing them from the langu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring and Sharing Family Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students access their own life experiences and then discuss family stories they have heard....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooking up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Grammar, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the genre of menus by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. They revi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKaren Hesse
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Karen Hesse, who has authored a number of works of historical fiction that bring history...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCampaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Technology, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore a range of resources on fair use and copyright then design their own audio publi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPocahontas Marries John Rolfe
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, Writing StrategiesThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the facts and fiction surrounding the legend of Pocahontas. A classroom activity is feat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about how biographies are constructed using the Guided Comprehension model develop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Memory: Li-Young Lee's Poem "Mnemonic" and the Brain
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literature, Life Sciences and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students first write about memory. They then use Web resources to learn how memory works and appl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0