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1. Professional Development | November 21–24, 2013
   2013 NCTE Annual Convention
   Join NCTE in Boston this November for the 103rd NCTE Annual Convention.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Alliteration in Headline Poems
   Students will be introduced to the term alliteration and create a headline poem consisting of 25 words that contain at least three examples of alliteration.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
   Students explore using electronic messaging and Internet abbreviations for specific purposes and examine the importance of using a more formal style of writing based on their audience.
4. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Bringing Grammar to Life
   Seamlessly integrate grammar instruction into your entire language arts curriculum.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Character Clash: A Minilesson on Paragraphing and Dialogue
   Students learn about paragraphing conventions in dialogue by revising their own writing.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cooking Up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
   Students explore the menu genre by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. They review adjectives and descriptive writing and then work in groups to create their own custom menus.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Describe That Face: An Interactive Writing Game
   Students write descriptions of characters, incorporate new vocabulary words, practice using simile and metaphor, engage in peer editing, and post their revised descriptions on the walls for a matching game.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Digital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
   Striking images can leave lasting impressions on viewers. In this lesson, students make text–self–world connections to a nature- or science-related topic as they collaboratively design a multimedia presentation.
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Every Punctuation Mark Matters: A Minilesson on Semicolons
   Students analyze stylistic choices and grammar use in authentic writing, focusing on the use of the semicolon in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Student Interactive  |  Learning About Language
    Flip-a-Chip
    The Flip-a-Chip activity provides hands-on practice with affixes and roots, and also promotes comprehension through structural analysis and vocabulary in context.

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