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- Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  September 4
Richard Wright was born in 1908.
Students read an appropriate excerpt from Black Boy, discuss the incident in which Richard gets into trouble, and write found poems. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  August 22
Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury was born in 1920.
Students do a Bradbury author study and then create flyers to advertise their favorite story using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity |  August 9
Science writer Seymour Simon was born in 1931.
Students select and explore a scientific topic in detail using Simon's nonfiction science books and then use what they learn to write original poetry on the topic. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  April 13
Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
Students focus on the figurative language in Heaney's poem, "Digging," and discuss the speaker's attitude, and how metaphor, simile, and image contribute to the poem. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  October 7
Sherman Alexie was born in 1966.
Students imagine they have been asked to participate in a museum exhibit, take photos/videos of a significant location, and write or record reflections. Students can also create an exhibit from something they have read. - 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  June 18
Today is Chris Van Allsburg's birthday.
Students explore varying points of view, one of Van Allsburg's common themes, by rewriting a traditional story. - Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  May 31
Today is Walt Whitman's birthday.
Students write and illustrate their own children's stories using the text from a Walt Whitman poem. - Classroom Resources | Grades 5 – 10 | Calendar Activity |  October 21
Ursula K. LeGuin was born on this day in 1929.
Students examine realistic and non-realistic elements of a familiar fantasy story of their choice. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  August 12
Walter Dean Myers, author of the Printz Award-winning novel Monster, was born in 1937.
Students discuss how the form of a film script affects the story, why the author may have selected this writing style, and write a story using a similar format.