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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
   Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
   A Conversation with Matt de la Peña
   Tune in to hear Matt discuss some of the thinking behind his newest novel, We Were Here.
   
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative
   The old cliche, "A picture is worth a thousand words" is put to the test when students write their own narrative interpretations of events shown in an image.
4. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Assessing Student Interests and Strengths
   In this Strategy Guide, you'll learn about a number of specific methods that can help you to gain a fuller picture of the interests of your students as well as what your students understand, know, and can demonstrate by doing.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Boars and Baseball: Making Connections
   In this lesson, students will make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections after reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. After sharing and discussing connections, students choose and plan a project that makes a personal connection to the text.
6. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Brainstorming and Reviewing Using the Carousel Strategy
   This strategy guide introduces Carousel Brainstorming, also known as Rotating Review, and offers suggestions to implement this technique in your classroom for brainstorming about new topics or reviewing learned information.
7. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Bringing Grammar to Life
   Seamlessly integrate grammar instruction into your entire language arts curriculum.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Crossing Boundaries Through Bilingual, Spoken-Word Poetry
   Students explore the idea of "crossing boundaries" through bilingual, spoken-word poetry, culminating in a poetry slam at school or in the community.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cut up, Cover up, and Come Away with Ideas for Writing!
   Students rework their forgotten/abandoned drafts by cutting and covering up selected words. By creatively manipulating text, they explore portal writing, a strategy for envisioning a new story or story direction.
10. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide Series
    Developing Academic Vocabulary
    In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll find creative and compatible ways to build, maintain, and extend students' vocabulary across academic disciplines.

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