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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. 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.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Examining Island of the Blue Dolphins through a Literary Lens
   After a discussion about courage and adversity and reading Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins, students examine Karana's character development and look for examples of courage in their community.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Learning About Language
   RWT Word Matrix
   Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this mobile app that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Supporting Vocabulary Development with EASE
   This lesson allows teachers to enrich students' oral and written vocabulary using the EASE sequence of instruction: Enunciate, Associate, Synthesize, and Emphasize the words you want students to use.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play
   What wonderful ways words work! The parts of speech are the highlight of this lesson in which students identify parts of speech in a nonsensical poem and then create their own wild and wacky rhymes.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing Poetry
   Word Mover
   Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.