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1 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
2 | Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
3 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
4 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
5 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
1 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
2 | Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
3 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
4 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
5 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
1 | Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
2 | Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | September 21
Today is the International Day of Peace.
3 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
4 | Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
5 | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Lesson Plans
Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes
Through a study of Langston Hughes’ poetry, students connect his writing to his place in history.
Student Interactives
This tool allows students to complete crossword puzzles on a variety of grade-appropriate topics, and also create and print their own crossword puzzles.
I Remember That Book: Rereading as a Critical Investigation
Curl up with a good book again—or not. In this lesson, students brainstorm why they reread some books, while passing up others, and write their reflections in an essay.
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
Speaking Poetry: Exploring Sonic Patterns Through Performance
Using their voices as interpretive instruments, students gain a deeper appreciation of the art of poetry as they prepare a recitation of the frequently anthologized poem “Those Winter Sundays.”
This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.
Choose, Select, Opt, or Settle: Exploring Word Choice in Poetry
Students investigate the effects of word choice in Robert Frost’s “Choose Something Like a Star” to construct a more sophisticated understanding of speaker, subject, and tone.
The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.
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Three strategies are presented to support secondary students in negotiating the challenges posed by complex texts.
Great Films and How to Teach Them
Costanzo offers high school and college teachers an updated, expanded edition that contains 80% new material on teaching film, including study guides of 14 new film with relevant ways to engage their students through a medium that students know and love.
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