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91. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 9  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Stop Pretending and Think about Plot
    Jago offers a review of Freytag's Pyramid and an example of how work with the concept of plot structure positively affected student understanding and writing.
92. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Student Contracting
    Students develop learning contracts that focus on language arts education. This lesson includes a basic student contract format, sustained silent reading (SSR) extension activities, and literature response activities.
93. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Studying Literature: New Approaches to Poetry and Fiction
    The book includes a variety of literary texts, along with accessible discussions and stimulating exercises to help students investigate the values, assumptions, and practices that underlie literary activity.
94. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 4
    Teacher Appreciation Week honors our teachers.
    In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, students read a book about a teacher and follow up with an activity related to the book using the Venn Diagram, Letter Generator, Story Map, or Essay Map.
95. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 24
    The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883.
    Students explore the literary concept of point of view by examining a pair of picture books that highlight the controversies surrounding the Brooklyn Bridge.
96. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 16
    The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929.
    Students make lists of their favorite and least favorite movies and brainstorm qualities that make a film good or bad. Next, students write a movie review for a film they have seen.
97. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    The Literacy Coach's Desk Reference: Processes and Perspectives for Effective Coaching
    Cathy Toll offers practical information for pre-K–12 literacy coaches on conferencing with individual teachers and groups, as well as on providing demonstration lessons, services to entire schools, and services to students.
98. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    The Wonder of Leo Lionni: Increasing Comprehension with Prediction Statements
    This lesson focuses on the strategy of "wonder" statements, asking students to stop, think, and write about what may be happening in the text periodically as they read a story.
99. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction
    In an effort to help motivate students to read nonfiction, students are challenged to use a timeline to help them name the year when certain products were invented.
100. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 31
     Time Magazine launches its "Tom Swifty" contest today in 1963.
     Students have fun with language by creating a special kind of pun with its origin in a literary source.

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