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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 9
   Author Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944.
   After students read the novel The Color Purple, dialect is discussed and students write a short piece of fiction or poetry using the dialect of their peer group.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 9
   Author Matt de la Peña was born today.
   Students use an essay by de la Peña as a model for writing their own literacy autobiography.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 1
   Langston Hughes was born in 1902.
   Students examine the poem "Dreams" and identify metaphors in each sentence. Groups of students then compose poems with metaphors for dreams.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 14
   Valentine's Day is today!
   Students find examples of figurative language and write an original example of each device, illustrate, and share them with the class.