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101. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry
     Students explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of freedom, justice, discrimination, and the American Dream in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
102. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Family Message Journals Teach Many Purposes for Writing
     This lesson encourages children to explore authentic reasons for writing by writing messages to their family in a family message journal.
103. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Family Ties: Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension
     Families are all about connections between people. In this lesson, students read three books about different families and make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to those texts.
104. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Ferocious Fighting Fish: An Ocean Unit Exploring Beginning Word Sounds
     Focus students' attention on alliteration in this ocean-themed unit. Students explore alliteration in framing texts then compose their own class book to explore figurative language in their own writing.
105. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Figurative Language Awards Ceremony
     Students will be as happy as clams when they have the chance to nominate their favorite examples of similes, metaphors, and personification for a figurative language award.
106. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction through Paired Readings
     Students read science fiction texts and then use nonfiction texts to extrapolate the scientific principles presented as they discuss the "what ifs" within the context of scientific principles.
107. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Fishing for Readers: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "Hooks"
     Good writers "hook" their readers in the very first sentences. In this lesson, students learn how to cast an attention-grabbing hook in their writing to effectively draw in readers' attention.
108. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     For Argument's Sake: Playing "Devil's Advocate" with Nonfiction Texts
     Students learn how to play "devil's advocate" by evaluating sports reforms, reading an engaging non-fiction article, and participating in a town hall meeting in which they represent the interests of various stakeholders to generate debate and develop critical thinking skills.
109. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Found Poems/Parallel Poems
     Students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
110. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Four Simple Steps to Small-Group Guided Writing
     Students will go batty about the three writing strategies they learn in this lesson centered on Nicola Davies' Bat Loves the Night.

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