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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing and Comparing Medieval and Modern Ballads
   Students explore the ballads genre by reading medieval ballads to deduce their characteristics, acting out the ballads, comparing medieval and modern ballads using Venn diagrams, and composing their own ballads.
2. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Argumentation in Writing for Grades 9-12
   This Web seminar will provide many examples and tools that teachers can use to teach argument writing in grades 9-12.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
   Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party
   Students attend a 19th Century Victorian party to celebrate Scrooge's new outlook on life. They research characters from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and assume those personas for the party.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Casting Shadows Across Literacy and Science
   Shadows, shadows, everywhere! In this lesson, students read fiction, informational text, and poetry about shadows to extend their knowledge of the concept before casting their own shadow poetry.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature
   Reading historical selections will give students the perspective they need to compare the author's purpose and voice of two separate writers.
7. 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.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project
   Using The Grapes of Wrath as a backdrop, students conduct research on issues that the novel addresses, publishing their findings in a multigenre museum exhibit.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Earth Verse: Using Science in Poetry
   Students shape up their reading, writing, and listening skills in this lesson by creating original diamante, acrostic, and shape poems about science.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 4
    Edward Stratemeyer, creator of book series such as Nancy Drew, was born on this day in 1862.
    Students select several books from one of Stratemeyer's series to read, discuss shared elements in the books, and use the 3-Circle Venn Diagram to compare story elements.

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