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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Alphabiography Project: Totally You
   The traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies—recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Character Clash: A Minilesson on Paragraphing and Dialogue
   Students learn about paragraphing conventions in dialogue by revising their own writing.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 22
   Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was born today.
   Students examine the painting that inspired Sondheim's Pulitzer-prize winning musical and then create a story of their own based on image they choose.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing
   Students investigate issues of plagiarism, fair use, and paraphrasing using KWL charts, discussion, and practice.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Inside or Outside? A Minilesson on Quotation Marks and More
   Students often question whether a punctuation mark goes inside or outside the quotation marks, especially when writing dialogue. This lesson helps students identify the conventions and apply them to their text.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   My Life/Your Life: A Look at Your Parents' Past
   Past and present come together when students interview their parents and create a skit that compares their parents' experiences as middle schoolers with the students' own lives.
   
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Peer Review: Narrative
   This minilesson guides student in using the PQP technique—Praise–Question–Polish—to offer concrete and useful peer review feedback.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   The Writing Workshop: Working through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts)
   A practical, comprehensive, and illuminating guide for both new and experienced teachers that confronts the challenges of the writing workshop head-on.
9. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction
   This respected volume presents a range of research and instructional perspectives in the area of reading.