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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Character in Hamlet through Epitaphs
   Students create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Bingo! Using Environmental Print to Practice Reading
   The game Bingo is transformed in this lesson in which students use symbols and images to make connections to environmental print through the use of personalized Bingo cards.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Creating a Childhood for a Character
   Students explore familiar literary characters, usually first encountered as adults, but whose childhood stories are only told later. Students then create childhoods for adult characters from books of their choice.
4. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Code-Switching: Teaching Standard English in Urban Classrooms
   Wheeler and Swords show K–6 teachers how to use code-switching and contrastive analysis to help students use prior knowledge to translate vernacular English into Standard English.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   From Friedan Forward—Considering a Feminist Perspective
   Students write letters expressing personal views on issues like equal pay, equal education/employment opportunity, and gender roles—and receive these letters six years later.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Great American Inventors: Using Nonfiction to Learn About Technology Inventions
   Who are the people behind the world's greatest inventions? Students read biographies of a terrific trio of American inventors and create presentations that highlight how their inventions from the past impacted the future.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Reading Informational Texts Using the 3-2-1 Strategy
   Students can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Searching for Gold: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
   Each small group of students researches one aspect of the same big topic, such as the Gold Rush, and teaches what they have learned to the rest of the class.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards
   Using selected characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating fictional character trading cards.
10. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Talking in Class: Using Discussion to Enhance Teaching and Learning
    The authors guide high school teachers in developing skills in promoting and facilitating authentic discussion in the English language arts classroom.