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Grades
6 - 8
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Unit
Plotting a Plan to Improve Writing: Using Plot Scaffolds
Students really get into character in this lesson as they act out the parts of a script and analyze character motivations and dialogue.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Descriptive Video: Using Media Technology to Enhance Writing
Students will have a roaring good time when they watch a scene from The Lion King as a way to compare standard and described programming media.
What Are My Rights? Exploring and Writing About the Constitution
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
What Are My Rights? Exploring and Writing About the Constitution

Students speak up in this lesson about rights, examining the Constitution in the context of issues that affect their everyday lives.

Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts
Start the presses! Catchy titles, eye-popping graphics, and attractive fonts are all on students' agendas in this lesson as they create magazine covers to summarize a topic.
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court
Students have the right to have fun in this lesson in which they create a PowerPoint presentation about civil rights and the Supreme Court.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones
The classroom becomes a stage in this interactive lesson in which students sing, act, and design comic strips to learn the meanings and spellings of common homophones.
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
I've Got the Literacy Blues
Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy
History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia lesson that emphasizes the B-D-A approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Figurative Language: Teaching Idioms
It's raining cats and dogs! Students explore figurative language through read-alouds, teacher modeling, and student-centered activities, further developing their understanding of the literal versus the metaphorical translations of idioms.
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Creating a Classroom Newspaper
Students write authentic newspaper stories, including learning about various aspects of newspapers, such as writing an article, online articles, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques.
Spelling Cheerleading: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
Grades
K - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Spelling Cheerleading: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
"2-4-6-8, students will be spelling great" in this lesson that teaches the y rule for adding suffixes through cheering the spelling of words aloud, word sorts, and writing stories.
Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction
Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.
Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
Paper and pixels get compared in this lesson in which students compare both printed and online versions of a magazine.
Teaching Point of View With <em>Two Bad Ants</em>
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Teaching Point of View With Two Bad Ants
Students will be crawling all over this assignment when they use illustrations and text to learn about life from a bug's point of view.
Going on a Shape Hunt: Integrating Math and Literacy
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Going on a Shape Hunt: Integrating Math and Literacy
Students participate in a scavenger hunt for shapes; reading, writing, and discussion of shapes encourage literacy and math skills.
Telling a Story About Me: Young Children Write Autobiographies
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Telling a Story About Me: Young Children Write Autobiographies
Students tell their life stories in this lesson about autobiographies based on family photographs.
Applying Question-Answer Relationships to Pictures
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Applying Question-Answer Relationships to Pictures
A picture is worth a thousand words as students are guided in viewing wordless picture books and responding to four different types of questions about the images they see.
Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction
In an effort to help motivate students to read nonfiction, students are challenged to use a timeline to help them name the year when certain products were invented.
Creative Communication Frames: Discovering Similarities between Writing and Art
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Creative Communication Frames: Discovering Similarities between Writing and Art
Graphic organizers assist the development of comparative vocabulary and generate discussions of analogy and metaphor in art as students go on a real or virtual tour of an art gallery.

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