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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Analyzing How Narrative Structure Generates Empathy in Wonder
   This lesson builds students' understanding of empathy by defining key terms and comparing responses to characters when they are introduced by someone else, and then when they narrate the story themselves.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cultural Connections and Writing for Change
   A little understanding can go a long way. After learning about difficulties that Palestinian youths face, students will write a letter to an official discussing these issues.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community
   How well do your students know their peers? Students transform into investigative reporters as they interview a classmate, compile the biographical data into graphic form, and introduce the student to the class.
   
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
   Students get to write a whale of a tale when they complete a graphic organizer sequencing the journey of a mountain fish to a polluted waterway.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
   Students learn haiku
   write descriptive poems
   and share with the class.
   
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Teaching Language Skills Using the Phone Book
   Through a series of activities using the phone book, students learn to use text aids, collect information relevant to a topic, organize information, synthesize information and use key words.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
   Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.