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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  |  Unit
   3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
   Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
3. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Addressing the Complexity of Matching Readers With Text
   Join Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp as they discuss ways to navigate the complexity of matching readers with text.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   BOOKMATCH: Scaffolding Independent Book Selection
   This lesson will be turning heads and pages as students learn how to choose appropriate books for independent reading exercises and later evaluate their choices.
5. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 7  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading
   This book provides information on the benefits of independent reading, how to set up a classroom library, and ways to actively engage students in independent reading.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Literacy in Action: Multimodal Texts on Global Warming
   Students will really warm up to this lesson about global warming as they study multimedia materials and use a variety of comprehension strategies.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Searching, Skimming, and Scanning Skills With Internet Bingo
   Student pairs aim to be the first team to call out "bingo" in this lesson in which they use skimming and scanning to locate information about ancient Greece and Rome.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Entering History: Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King, Jr.
   Nikki Giovanni’s poem “The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.” is paired with Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, taking students on a quest through time to the Civil Rights movement.
9. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom and School Libraries
   This article examines the rise in popularity of graphic novels, the sales of which have steadily increased as their influence expands into adolescent culture.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning
    Students take poetic license when they interpret William Carlos William's poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" to help create a poem of their own.
    

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