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Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 50-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Blacksburg, Virginia |
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CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity | December 2
David Macaulay was born in 1946.
Students use the Multigenre Mapper interactive to explore Macaulay's use of multiple genres by composing original multigenre texts.
PRINTOUTS
Grades K – 12 | Printout | Graphic Organizer
Students use this graphic organizer to describe similarities and differences between two objects.
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Adolescents and Digital Literacies: Learning Alongside Our Students
This book isn’t about technology. It’s about the teaching practices that technology enables. This book addresses the ways in which teachers and students work together to navigate continuous change and what it means to read, write, view, listen, and communicate in the twenty-first century.