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We have hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Find the perfect one for your classroom.
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These lessons are designed to offer three to five classroom sessions with step-by-step instructions.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
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.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Weaving the Threads: Integrating Poetry Annotation and Web Technology
Students read a poem by a Native American, explore Native American culture and then create a Website that explains words and phrases from the poem.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Discovering Poetic Form and Structure Using Concrete Poems
This lesson uses concrete poems to explore the connection between a poem's layout and its meaning. While appropriate any time of year, the lesson is especially topical near Columbus Day.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan
Guided Comprehension: Visualizing Using the Sketch-to-Stretch Strategy
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Heather Casey, Ph.D.
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Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Devon Hamner
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Grand Island, Nebraska
Standards
Every lesson plan on ReadWriteThink has been aligned not only to the IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts but to individual state standards as well.