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31. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    From Fact to Fiction: Drawing and Writing Stories
    Students gather factual information about frogs and toads to create nonfiction and fiction stories. Drawing is used for prewriting.
32. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
    To prepare students for reading the graphic novel Persepolis, this lesson uses a WebQuest to focus students' research on finding reliable information about Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution.
33. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Glogging About Natural Disasters
    After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations.
34. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Great American Inventors: Using Nonfiction to Learn About Technology Inventions
    Who are the people behind the world's greatest inventions? Students read biographies of a terrific trio of American inventors and create presentations that highlight how their inventions from the past impacted the future.
35. 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.
36. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Guided Comprehension: Monitoring Using the INSERT Technique
    Based on the Guided Comprehension Model developed by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen, this lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of monitoring.
37. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
    Inspire Healthful Reading Using Unconventional Texts
    This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.
38. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-based Research
    Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.
39. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Investigating the Holocaust: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
    Students explore a variety of resources as they learn about the Holocaust. Working collaboratively, they investigate the materials, prepare oral responses, and produce a topic-based newspaper to complete their research.
40. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 3  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Jazz Up Writing Workshop: Writing Biographies of African American Jazz Musicians
    During writing workshop, students research, write, revise, and share their own comprehensive biographies of African American jazz musicians.

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