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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 28
   Poet William Blake was born in 1757.
   As a class, students brainstorm abstract concepts and personify that concept through a drawing or story told about the character who personifies that concept.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Polishing Preposition Skills through Poetry and Publication
   Students deepen and refine their understanding of prepositions by reading Ruth Heller's Behind the Mask. They write preposition poetry and create a study guide using an online tool.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 11
   Veterans Day is celebrated in the United States today.
   Students write biographical poems about a soldier.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 20
   Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
   Students are introduced to a Silverstein verse and asked for their impressions. They then draw that they imagine when they read one of his lines and then write a line or two to continue the passage.