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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Character and Author Business Cards
   Students respond to a book they have read by thinking symbolically to create a business card for one of the characters.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 8
   Celebrate blues legend Robert Johnson's birthday.
   Students learn about blues music and brainstorm subjects that might give them "the blues." Finally, they write their own blues lyrics and have the option to perform.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 4
   Celebrate National Children's Book Week!
   Children show support for their favorite Children's Choice Book award finalist by designing a promotional book cover.
4. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Connecting with Intention
   Join Franki Sibberson and Bill Bass, authors of Digital Reading: What's Essential in Grades 3-8, to explore how these connections can change the way that students interact with their ideas and each other.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating Better Presentation Slides through Glance Media and Billboard Design
   This lesson introduces the concept of "glance media" through an analysis of billboards. Students apply design concepts by creating a slide presentation to accompany an existing historical speech.
6. 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.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Examining Transcendentalism through Popular Culture
   Using excerpts from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, comics, and songs from different musical genres, students examine the characteristics of transcendentalism.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Judging a Book by its Cover: The Art and Imagery of The Great Gatsby
   Students explore The Great Gatsby's allusion to art and its use of visual imagery and conclude their study by designing their own cover for the novel.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Learning Clubs: Motivating Middle School Readers and Writers
   Students participate in learning clubs, select content area topics, and draw on texts—including websites, printed material, video, and music—to investigate their topics, and share their learning using similar media.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character
    Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.

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