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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Musical Prompt: Postcards From the Concert
   Students won't miss a beat in this musical lesson that combines listening with personal response on a postcard.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Audience & Purpose: Evaluating Disney's Changes to the Hercules Myth
   What drives changes to classic myths and fables? In this lesson students evaluate the changes Disney made to the myth of "Hercules" in order to achieve their audience and purpose.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills
   Students use a text set to increase understanding of content area material and demonstrate what they have learned by writing an original piece that blends together narrative and expository elements.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blurring Genre: Exploring Fiction and Nonfiction with Diary of a Worm
   After reading several examples of how a published author incorporates facts in fiction writing, students research a topic of their choice and write fictional diary entries that incorporate factual information.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Sharing Info from Informational Reading
   Reporting on an informational book doesn't have to be boring! Instead of the traditional book report format, students create newspapers using a Printing Press interactive to share what they have learned from reading informational books.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
   During interactive read-aloud sessions, students identify how an author conveys mathematical information about animals' sizes and abilities. They then conduct research projects focusing on the same mathematical concepts.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
   Students critically explore the moral issue of slavery through reading fiction and nonfiction children's literature about the Underground Railroad, and they extend their understanding through creative writing projects.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Citizenship Through Rhetorical Analysis
   Students analyze rhetorical strategies in online editorials, building knowledge of strategies and awareness of local and national issues. This lesson teaches students connections between subject, writer, and audience and how rhetorical strategies are used in everyday writing.
   
9. 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.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
    Students explore the nature and structure of expository texts that focus on cause and effect and apply what they learned using graphic organizers and writing paragraphs to outline cause-and-effect relationships.

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