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Plot Structure: A Literary Elements Mini-Lesson

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Students learn that the plot structure described by Freytag's Pyramid is actually quite familiar as they diagram the plots of a familiar story, a television show, and a narrative poem.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future

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After reading John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player," students write poems describing themselves five years in the future. The teacher takes the poems and mails them to students in five years.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Poetry Circles: Generative Writing Loops Help Students Craft Verse

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Students put their heads together in a poetry circle to learn and practice different forms of poetry.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Poetry: Sound and Sense

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Students' groans about studying poetry may disappear with this lesson in which students read poetry from various writers and use these poems to examine the sounds and sense of language.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Polishing Preposition Skills through Poetry and Publication

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Students deepen and refine their understanding of prepositions by reading Ruth Heller's Behind the Mask. They write preposition poetry and create a study guide using an online tool.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Postcard Creator

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The Postcard Creator helps students learn to identify all the typical parts of a postcard, and then generate their own postcard messages by typing information into letter templates. After printing their texts, students can illustrate the front of their postcards in a variety of ways, including drawing, collage, and stickers.

Subject:: Arts; English Language Arts; Reading Informational Text
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Predicting and Gathering Information With Nonfiction Texts

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Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.

Subject:: Arts; English Language Arts; Reading Informational Text
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Unit of Study
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Preparing a Character for a New Job: Character Analysis through Job Placement

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Working as career counselors for a literary character, students find a job for the character, prepare a resume, and design questions and answers to prepare them for a job interview.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Preparing for the Journey: An Introduction to the Hero Myth

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Students read a variety of picture books that contain elements of the heroŐs journey and use an online interactive tool to analyze the stories.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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A Prereading Strategy: Using the Vocabulary, Language, Prediction (VLP) Approach

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Students learn content area vocabulary and increase reading comprehension using the Vocabulary, Language, Prediction (VLP) approach.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy

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Students read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, demonstrate comprehension of the story by involving themselves in discussions, and analyze the characters in preparation for a class "press conference."

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Professional Writing in Action! Publishing Student Reviews Online

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Writing professional reviews teaches students to understand audience, content, and publication guidelines. In this lesson, students put these into practice as professional writers critiquing, designing, and publishing reviews on Amazon.com.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Profile Publisher

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Students use the Profile Publisher to draft online social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, and newspaper or magazine profiles for themselves, other real or fictional characters.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Prompting Revision through Modeling and Written Conversations

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Students create a checklist outlining what effective writers do, revise his or her own writing, and engage in a written conversation to help peers with the revision process.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Puzzle Me Words

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Puzzle Me Words is a fun, educational game for primary students that reinforces letter sounds and how sounds combine to form words.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Interactive
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Question and Answer Books--From Genre Study to Report Writing

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After exploring several question and answer books on a variety of topics, students research a topic and create their own class question and answer book.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Language, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Reading Foundation Skills; Reading Informational Text; Reading Literature; Speaking and Listening
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Unit of Study
Provider:: ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:: ReadWriteThink
Date Added:: 11/18/2020

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Questioning to Understand Content Area Text

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Questioning to Understand Content Area Text

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This article provides an overview of questioning as a reading strategy and includes templates and links to books, lesson plans, and web sites for more information.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Reading Informational Text
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Date Added:: 02/09/2021

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A Race With Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion

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In this lesson, athletics, aesthetics, and poetics intersect in new ways as developing literacy learners experiment together with the forms of language.