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        <title><![CDATA[Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Deborah Kozdras, Ph.D., Christine Joseph</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Shannon Melideo</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tell Me Your Story: Video-Inspired Vocabulary Writing]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students watch a sample of artistic video clips online and respond through creative writing while using the vocabulary words they are currently studying. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Elizabeth Potash</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Finding Solutions to Food Waste: Persuasion in a Digital World]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Using various reading strategies and resources, students explore the issue of food waste. They also create persuasive arguments and blog posts examining this topic.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barbara Yardley, Nancy Perdomo</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Making History Come Alive Through Poetry and Song]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students compare the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with the song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” then create their own poetry about a historical event.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Ann Kelly Cox</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Picture This: Student Created Online Vocabulary Flashcards]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Let the students be the vocabulary experts! Prior to whole class instruction, students create online flashcards and teach the class the new vocabulary.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Awareness of Alliteration: Enhancing Writing Through Mentor Texts]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Through this lesson, primary students strengthen their phonemic awareness while using picture books featuring alliteration as models for their own writing. 

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        <dc:creator>Jennifer Neff, Master of Science in Education</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beyond History Books: Researching With Twin Texts and Technology]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/beyond-history-books-researching-30927.html</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students in grades 4–8 activate prior knowledge and research information about a historic event through fiction and nonfiction literature and exploration of relevant websites. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Lotta C. Larson, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chasing the Dream: Researching the Meaning of the American Dream]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[By conducting interviews, sharing and assessing data, and writing papers based on their authentic research, students reach their own conclusions on the meaning of the American Dream.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Susanne Rubenstein</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Story Writing from an Object's Perspective]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students explore writing from non-human perspectives through a picture book read aloud, mini-lesson, collaborative writing, and the writing process. Students create “A Day in the Life of…” story about an inanimate object. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Megan Kirkpatrick</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Talking Poetry with Blabberize]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students will be motivated to share their poetry through an online tool the features recording and animation. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Book Report Alternative: Creating Reading Excitement with Book Trailers]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this alternative to the traditional book report, students create book trailers using Microsoft Photo Story 3, a free downloadable software program for digital storytelling.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Book Report Alternative: Rewind the Plot!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices by rewinding the plot.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Picture Understanding! Building Comprehension in the Primary Grades With Picture Books]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-understanding-building-comprehension-30904.html</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students move from modeled to independent comprehension of fiction stories by using texts by Jan Brett and interactive tools that demonstrate their comprehension. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Jennifer Neff, Master of Science in Education</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Prove It!: A Citation Scavenger Hunt]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/prove-citation-scavenger-hunt-30899.html</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students are challenged to find citations that support details about the characters, plot, or themes from a text.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Patrick Striegel</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blending the Past with Today’s Technology: Using Prezi to Prepare for Historical Fiction]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[To prepare for literature circles featuring historical novels, students research the decades of the 1930s to the 1990s and share their information using Prezi, a web application for creating multimedia presentations. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Houdini Box: What Did Houdini Hide? Writing Creative Endings]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/houdini-what-houdini-hide-30878.html</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students are encouraged to understand a book that the teacher reads aloud to create a new ending for it using the writing process.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Jennifer Gould</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Book Report Alternative: Getting Acquainted with Farcebook]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/book-report-alternative-getting-30874.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vote for Me!  Making Presidential Commercials Using Avatars]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/vote-making-presidential-commercials-30875.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[After researching political platforms of past presidents through primary sources and other resources, students create commercials for these presidents using Voki, an online web tool that produces speaking avatars. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Animate that Haiku!]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/animate-that-haiku-a-30872.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Following the traditional form of the haiku, students publish their own haikus using Animoto, an online web tool that creates slideshows that blend text and music. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Defining Moments: Charting Character Evolution in Lord of the Flies]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/defining-moments-charting-character-30867.html</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Savagery, treachery, lost innocence… Lord of the Flies is rife with character development. Use this lesson to help students chart the character changes of Ralph and Jack, both in groups and individually.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Patricia Abel, M.A.ed</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dialect Detectives: Exploring Dialect in Great Expectations]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/dialect-detectives-exploring-dialect-30869.html</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Great Expectations is rich in dialogue and in the dialect of the working class and the poor of Victorian England. What does Dickens reveal about his characters using dialect?]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Patrick Striegel</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[What Did George Post Today?  Learning About People of the American Revolution Through Facebook]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/what-george-post-today-30865.html</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[After researching famous people of the American Revolution, students create Facebook-like PowerPoint presentations to share their knowledge with classmates.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exploring a Teen's World: Learning SAT Vocabulary Through Drama]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/exploring-teen-world-learning-30860.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students use SAT vocabulary to create and film a screenplay. They perform all roles, from writing through filming, resulting in a resource for their classmates. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Nancy Barile</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Text to Film: Exploring Classic Literature Adaptations]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/from-text-film-exploring-30855.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students create storyboards to compare and contrast a book and its film adaptation. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Patrick Striegel</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[“Licensed” to Drive: Old West Figures]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/licensed-drive-west-figures-30853.html</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This lesson invites students to create a “Driver’s License” for characters that have made a contribution to western expansion in the United States.  ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Patrick Striegel</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Breaking the Rules with Sentence Fragments]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/breaking-rules-with-sentence-30852.html</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Though teachers usually caution students against using sentence fragments, Edgar Schuster’s work demonstrates that professional writers often use fragments effectively.  This lesson helps students understand that there are reasons that they can and should use sentence fragments to become effective writers.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Susan Spangler</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Life is Beautiful: Teaching the Holocaust through Film with Complementary Texts]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/life-beautiful-teaching-holocaust-30851.html</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[After students have read a book about the Holocaust, such as The Diary of Anne Frank or Night by Elie Wiesel, students will view Life is Beautiful and complete discussion questions to challenge their ability to analyze literature using film.  ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Patrick Striegel</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Finding Fabulous Financial Literacy Vocabulary With Fancy Nancy]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/finding-fabulous-financial-literacy-30834.html</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Fancy Nancy teaches fancy words. Did you know Nancy also teaches about fabulous financial literacy concepts? Explore basic economics vocabulary with the entrepreneur extraordinaire!]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Deborah Kozdras, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Glogging About Natural Disasters]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs,  or through poster presentations. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Kathy Wickline</dc:creator>
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