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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
   V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Musical Prompt: Postcards From the Concert
   Students won't miss a beat in this musical lesson that combines listening with personal response on a postcard.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Artistic Elements: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing
   Paint a vivid picture in your reader's mind with good descriptive writing! Artwork provides the perfect starting point for practicing descriptive writing that conveys color, shape, line, and mood.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Comparing a Literary Work to Its Film Interpretation
   Students will really get into the swing of things as they analyze the text and film versions of Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Pit and the Pendulum."
5. 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.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan
   Engaging With Cause-and-Effect Relationships Through Creating Comic Strips
   Students demonstrate their knowledge of cause-and-effect relationships by creating original comic strips and sharing their completed work in an oral presentation format.
7. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Finding the Artist Within: Creating and Reading Visual Texts in the English Language Arts Classroom
   Discover ways to integrate visual arts and technology in your English language arts classroom.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 9
   In 1939, Marian Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall.
   Students view Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation letter to the DAR in response to Andersen being denied permission to sing. Students write a letter to a newspaper editor about social injustice.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 9
   In 1940, musician and peace activist John Lennon was born.
   After listening to "Imagine," students reflect on the lyrics and answer questions. Then, they have a chance to write a stanza for their own song.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    I've Got the Literacy Blues
    Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.

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