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- 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. - Classroom Resources | Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | November 20
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
Students are introduced to a Silverstein verse and asked for their impressions. They then draw that they imagine when they read one of his lines and then write a line or two to continue the passage. - Classroom Resources | Grades 5 – 8 | Calendar Activity | September 17
William Carlos Williams was born in 1883.
Students write imitation poems, review grammatical structures, and use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press or Stapleless Book to publish their finished work.
