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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
   V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A-B-C: It's Easy as 1-2-3 to Make Math Alphabet Books
   Using the Alphabet Organizer app, students create alphabet books to review math terms.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books
   Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Action Is Character: Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives
   Students must "become" a character in a novel in order to describe themselves and other characters using powerful adjectives.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Directed Listening-Thinking Activity for "The Tell-Tale Heart"
   What's that sound? Students participate in a Directed Listening–Thinking Activity (DLTA) using "The Tell-Tale Heart," make predictions, and respond in the form of an acrostic poem or comic strip.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Aim for the Heart: Using Haiku to Identify Theme
   Using haiku, students focus on themes in literature and demonstrate their understanding of an author's message. Writing haiku to accompany an analytical paper hones analytical skills and fosters creative expression.
7. 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.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing First-Person Narration in Sharon Draper's Out of My Mind
   Students explore the different facets of complexity in the compelling first-person narrator in Sharon Draper's Out of My Mind.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   An Exploration of Text Sets: Supporting All Readers
   Students create text sets on a high interest topic and use the texts to practice three strategies for reading for information.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Animate that Haiku!
    Following the traditional form of the haiku, students publish their own haikus using Animoto, an online web tool to produce slideshows that blend text and music.

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