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Teachers' Choice Reading List - International Reading Association
Grades
1 to 9
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History Writing Guide - Bowdoin College
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Open this site on the interactive whiteboard or projector and have students read the information before beginning their first big research paper. (Teachers can also print the information, but why not save some trees?) The short introductory essay offers some great tips for paper writing and has reference points for students with more questions. Have students look at the rest of the information on their own or refer students with questions to it. Save this site as a favorite on the class wiki or webpage so students can access it both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Modern Haiku
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Try it for samples of contemporary haiku efforts, or submit the best works from your class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Shel Silverstein Poems
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Holes Lesson Unit - Reading Is Fundamental
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
Start with the Study Guide (download well ahead of time) and pick and choose what you want to use from the activities starting on page 58. Find ready to print puzzles and other activities by going back to the RIF page for Holes. To engage students and enhance learning ask students to make a summarizing comic every few chapters using Make Beliefs Comix, reviewed here. It would be best to work as a class for the first chapter you summarize and use Printable Comic Strip Templates, reviewed here, as a rough draft before creating the Make Beliefs Comix.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lewis Carroll in the Classroom
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Poetry Tips for Teachers - Academy of American Poets
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3 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Poetry from Kristine O'Connell George
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4 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KidzPage Poetry
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2 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Today's Front Pages - The Newseum
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Beyond the obvious application for comparing treatment of news events around the country and the world, this site could also be used for writing, world language practice, a look at editorial choices, or other social studies applications. Include this resource in a media literacy unit on bias or during Newspapers in Education month. With elementary students, share many newspapers on a projector or interactive whiteboard as students identify the various elements of a newspaper article. The Lesson Plan link above contains and excellent poster link for familiarizing students with the elements that comprise the front page of a newspaper. Download it along with the lesson plan. The poster utilizes a sample front page from The Washington Post to illustrate how a front page is formatted. Have students analyze the sample front page by answering the suggested questions. Once students are familiar with the elements of a newspaper, extend their learning and challenge them to create their own class or school newspaper using Printing Press, reviewed here. If articles are too long for some readers, or if you are teaching summarizing skills consider using Skim.it, reviewed here, a Chrome extension that reduces articles into a 100-word summary.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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English Literature - the Seventeenth Century - Luminarium
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station during a unit on this time period within a Language Arts or Social Studies class. Create a "scavenger hunt" through the site, guiding students through the various authors and statesman that had lasting impact on literature. We recommend using a graphic organizer to guide students through the site, using a tool such as Mindomo, (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Listening Booth - Academy of American Poets
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SurLaLune Fairy Tales
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1 to 2Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Literary Traveler
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6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lord Byron - Life and Work
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
This is a great find for gifted students! The additional information on Byron, his life, works and contemporaries provides students with information they may not typically learn, or be expected to learn within the general classroom. Share this site with students working on reports on Lord Byron, or to students curious to know more about the famous poet.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Charlotte's Web - Support Materials - Reading is Fundamental
Grades
2 to 4In the Classroom
With older students you may want to introduce Charlotte's Web with the Book Trailer on your intreactive whiteboard or with a projector. Read aloud some of the other author's comments about the book. Include a link to games on classroom computers and your class website for students to access during learning centers or at home. Use Flip, reviewed here, to enhance student learning throughout your Charlotte's Web unit by asking what their favorite activity was and why or by asking clarifying questions (or both) and have students post video responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Weaving Charlotte's Web - Campbell Union School District
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2 to 4Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lyddie - Lesson Ideas - University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Grades
5 to 7In the Classroom
Scroll down the site to find the section on Lyddie and the free activities and resources that accompany it. Take advantage of the free resources, including assessments that are offered at this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lyddie - Carol Hurst
Grades
6 to 8In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities offered on this site. The site also recommends other books that are helpful for covering the Industrial Revolution in addition to books actually mentioned within "Lyddie." Use this site if looking for inspiration on ways to make the Industrial Revolution more interesting.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Katherine Paterson's Lyddie: Travel Within and Beyond - University of Southern Carolina at Sumter
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6 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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