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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Examining Island of the Blue Dolphins through a Literary Lens
   After a discussion about courage and adversity and reading Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, students examine Karana's character development and look for examples of courage in their community.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Girls Read: Online Literature Circles
   In this lesson designed especially for girls, students read a work of realistic fiction and get to know strong female protagonists through online literary circles and writing activities.
   
3. 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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Promoting Diversity in the Classroom and School Library through Social Action
   Students explore the effects of stereotypes by analyzing children's books. Then they create bookmarks that encourage readers to question the assumptions of stereotyped books and to seek out matching, balanced texts.