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31. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Guided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
    Students learn the ins and outs of writing biographies by researching a contemporary or historical figure and writing a summary.
32. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Highlighting Out-of-School Language Expertise with Pop Culture Dictionaries
    Students compose dictionary entries for words and phrases from pop culture texts (e.g., television shows, movies, lyrics, YouTube videos), connecting their definitions to their personal use of the terms.
33. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
    After researching various human-made disasters such as the BP oil spill, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great Chicago Fire, students share their research in oral presentations. Then students pair up to compare and contrast their disasters using the Venn Diagram Student Interactive or the Venn diagram Mobile App.
34. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pages for a Class Collection
    Students use Internet search engines and Web analysis checklists to evaluate online resources then write annotations that explain how and why the resources will be valuable to the class.
35. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts
    Start the presses! Catchy titles, eye-popping graphics, and attractive fonts are all on students' agendas in this lesson as they create magazine covers to summarize a topic.
36. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
    In this lesson, students use blogs to hold discussions about the effect of the factors of culture, history, and environment on Latino poetry.
37. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
    Students reflect on their school year, creating a digital scrapbook consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
38. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
    Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
39. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan
    Persuade Me in Five Slides! Creating Persuasive Digital Stories
    After students write persuasive essays, use this lesson to challenge them to summarize their essays concisely by creating five-slide presentations.
40. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Picture This: Student Created Online Vocabulary Flashcards
    Let the students be the vocabulary experts! Prior to whole class instruction, students create online flashcards and teach the class the new vocabulary.

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