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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 26
   John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in 1775.
   Students use the Timeline Tool to organize details about Chapman's life, the Venn Diagram to organize information, and the Shape Poems Interactive to create poems about apples or Johnny Appleseed.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 10
   Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis was born in 1953.
   Students brainstorm a list of civil rights-related issues and use the Acrostic Poems interactive to create poems.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 29
   Poe's "The Raven" was published in 1845.
   As Poe's "The Raven" is read aloud, students note their reactions and discuss the changes or development of their first impressions as the poem continues.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 19
   Poet and author Pat Mora was born on this day in 1942.
   Students study and write extended metaphors through the use of Pat Mora's book.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 25
   Poet Robert Burns was born in 1759.
   Students read examples of traditional Scottish ballads and use this information to write and perform their own ballads.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 26
   Poet Robert Frost was born in 1874.
   Students celebrate Frost's birthday by exploring his innovation in the sonnet form by studying poems and presenting them to the class.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 18
   Raymond Carver was inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1988.
   Students identify characteristics of Carver's work and compare them to other authors, as well as to literary minimalism. Students then write original poems or short stories in minimalist style.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 31
   Today is Walt Whitman's birthday.
   Students write and illustrate their own children's stories using the text from a Walt Whitman poem.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 21
   Today is World Poetry Day.
   Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine the perfect way to read it.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 25
    Today, the American Library Association announces its annual book award winners.
    Students research different awards given by the ALA and do an activity based on one of the awards.

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