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1. Professional Development | November 18–21, 2021
   2021 NCTE Annual Convention
   Each November thousands of literacy educators from across the country make the journey to a Convention that inspires their practice and rejuvenates their profession.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing
   Through a classroom game and resource handouts, students learn about the techniques used in persuasive oral arguments and apply them to independent persuasive writing activities.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 1
   November is National American Indian Heritage Month.
   Students explore Native American heritage through the study of pourquoi tales, write their own original pourquoi tales, and use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press to publish them.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Poetry from Prose
   Working in small groups, students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing
   With full recognition that writing is an increasingly multifaceted activity, we offer several principles that should guide effective teaching practice.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 7  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 21
   The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children is announced today.
   Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.
   
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Wartime Poetry: Working With Similes
   Students analyze a photograph, brainstorm words to describe the characters' senses and feelings, work in pairs to describe a character's experience, and create a poem using their ideas and similes.
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Weather Detectives: Questioning the Fact and Folklore of Weather Sayings
   Students adopt a skeptical stance and become weather detectives who ask "Why?" and "Why not?" as they investigate the history and validity of some common weather sayings.