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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales
   Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Change through Allegory and Poetry
   Students read an example of allegory, review literary concepts, complete literary elements maps and plot diagrams, create a pictorial allegory, and write diamante poems related to the theme of change.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Making Personal and Cultural Connections Using A Girl Named Disaster
   Struggling to survive is one of the many themes explored in A Girl Named Disaster. As students read, they look for connections between themselves and the main character, Nhamo.
   
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Teaching Voice with Anthony Browne's Voices in the Park
   Students analyze Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne to determine how an author keeps an audience interested by creating voice and to applying that knowledge to their own writing.