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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 5
   Author Amy Tan was born today in 1952
   Students watch an excerpt of an interview with Tan and apply some of her principles to writing a story of their own.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 30
   Caldecott Medal-winner Virginia Lee Burton was born on this day in 1909.
   Students discuss similarities in Burton's illustrations and writing style in her many books, in addition to her use of personification.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 5
   French author Guy de Maupassant was born on this day in 1850.
   Students read and then rewrite a de Maupassant short story, updating its vocabulary and setting to that of the 21st century.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 29
   Karen Hesse, author of the Newbery-winning verse novel Out of the Dust, was born in 1952.
   Students write original short works of historical fiction in verse format, modeling the style Hesse used to write Out of the Dust.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 22
   Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury was born in 1920.
   Students do a Bradbury author study and then create flyers to advertise their favorite story using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 12
   Walter Dean Myers, author of the Printz Award-winning novel Monster, was born in 1937.
   Students discuss how the form of a film script affects the story, why the author may have selected this writing style, and write a story using a similar format.