Students become online authors in this lesson in which they write and post a short story using wiki technology.
Collaborating, Writing, Linking: Using Wikis to Tell Stories Online
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Skimming and Scanning: Using Riddles to Practice Fact Finding Online
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Students will learn to skim and scan to make sure they don't flounder when they're surfing the Internet for facts to help them complete riddles about the United States.
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Using Greeting Cards to Motivate Students and Enhance Literacy Skills
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Imagination and illustration are the key in this lesson in which students read and create their own greeting cards.
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A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.
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Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Tradition and technology come together in this lesson in which students learn about Alaskan animals through Native American tales and their own online research.
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Multimedia Responses to Content Area Topics Using Fact-"Faction"-Fiction
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
Students climb into the mind of a spider in this lesson that asks them to compose a spider diary using spider facts, fiction, and "faction"fiction that sounds like fact.
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Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
3 - 5
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Journey around the world with students as they read a Japanese, African, or Welsh folk tale, create a visual depiction of the tale, research the tale's culture, and present findings.
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Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
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Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards
3 - 5
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Using selected characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating fictional character trading cards.
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A Race With Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion
3 - 5
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| Standard Lesson
In this lesson, athletics, aesthetics, and poetics intersect in new ways as developing literacy learners experiment together with the forms of language.
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The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts
K - 2
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| Standard Lesson
Frogs often appear as the main character in fiction stories, but what do students really know about frogs? Students find out in this lesson in which they research real-life frogs.