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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 13
    Roald Dahl was born on this day in 1916.
    Students adapt a Roald Dahl story to picture book format and share their books and add them to the classroom library. Additionally, they compare a book version and film version of one of Dahl's works.
22. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Rooting Out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades
    In this lesson, students use morphemes—English words that have been formed by combining common word parts—to explore word meanings.
23. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Style: Defining and Exploring an Author's Stylistic Choices
    Students find examples of specific stylistic devices in sample literary passages then search for additional examples and explore the reasons for the stylistic choices that the author has made.
24. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Style: Translating Stylistic Choices from Hawthorne to Hemingway and Back Again
    After exploring the styles of two authors, students translate passages from one author into the style of another. They then translate fables into the style of one of the authors.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 18
    Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937.
    Students brainstorm the kinds of stories they know and where these stories come from. Students return to these questions as they begin reading Hurston's novel.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Thrills! Chills! Using Scary Stories to Motivate Students to Read
    Students examine story elements through teacher read-alouds and independent reading and then use reader-response journals and graphic organizers to prepare for the creation of their own scary stories.
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Writing and Role-Play to Engage the Reluctant Writer
    What does the world look like through a javelina's eyes? Students become javelinas in this lesson when they analyze a character and write from his or her perspective.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    When Less IS More—Understanding Minimalist Fiction
    This lesson pairs Ernest Hemingway's short story "Cat in the Rain' with Raymond Carver's "Little Things" to guide students to an understanding of the characteristics of minimalist fiction.

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