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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGhosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to investigate what it is that is so fascinating about scary stories. They do...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChoosing the Best Verb: An Active and Passive Voice Mini-Lesson
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, GrammarIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students look at the use of passive and active voice. For most students, speech and informa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDraft Letters: Improving Student Writing through Critical Thinking
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students reflect on a single piece of writing that they have completed, thinking more deeply abou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBrochures: Writing for Audience and Purpose
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create brochures based on previous writing topics by shifting their audiences and purpos...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceThis lesson addresses the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Students work in sm...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDaily Grammar
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, GrammarAfter a free sign-up, Daily Grammar sends you e-mail messages with a grammar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixt...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFanatically Grammatically Correct: Discovering the Uses of Punctuation
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, GrammarIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students reflect on how punctuation shapes meaning, and then resea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDaily Grammar
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, GrammarThis Web site, from Daily Grammar, features a glossary of grammar terms and a grammar lesson archive. There are over 400 lesson ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommanding Performance: Writing "Creative Commandments" in the Language Arts Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify the many aspects of their daily lives that are guide...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFeeding the Soul: Writing and Peer Editing a Column About a Favorite Food
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students share memories of a special meal and plan a newspaper column ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreative Writing: Teaching Grammar and Writing Principles through the Arts
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, GrammarIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students reflect on the ways they have been taught grammar. By composi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0