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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Brave New Words: Novice Lexicography and the Oxford English Dictionary
   Students become novice lexicographers as they explore recent new entries to the dictionary, learn the process of writing entries for the Oxford English Dictionary, and write a new entry themselves.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
   Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   More than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs
   This lesson teaches students how to use old verbs in a new way, thus creating new and fresh descriptive phrases.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Moving Toward Acceptance Through Picture Books and Two-Voice Texts
   Students read and discuss literature about intolerance and diversity. They work with a partner to write two-voice poems that illustrate situations of intolerance at their school and suggest a step toward acceptance.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
   Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
   Students discover that they can make a world of difference when they participate in the online Earth Day bag program.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Rooting Out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades
   In this lesson, students use morphemes—English words that have been formed by combining common word parts—to explore word meanings.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Textmasters: Shaking Up Textbook Reading in Science Classrooms
   Engage students in content area reading with the Textmasters strategy, which allows students to collaborate with their peers in different roles that enable better understanding of the content.