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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 5
   Annual fence-painting contests take place in Hannibal, Missouri.
   A scene from one of Twain's works is chosen and students map the story setting using the Story Map. Setting is then discussed as a class.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Inferring How and Why Characters Change
   Students will really get into character when they read short stories and analyze the how's and why's of characters' behaviors.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 21
   Novelist Ernest Hemingway was born on this day in 1899.
   Students examine the ways different authors treat the subject of war in their writing and compare and contrast using the Venn Diagram interactive.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 17
   On the Road author Jack Kerouac embarked on his first cross-country road trip in 1947.
   Students read a section from On the Road that deals with cross-country travel and reflects Kerouac's unique writing style. Students then attempt to write a narrative using Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness style.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   What's in a Mystery? Exploring and Identifying Mystery Elements
   Students identify the characteristics of mystery writing, outline a mystery story using a graphic organizer, write and revise their own mystery story, edit each other's work, and share their mysteries.