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81. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
    This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.
    
82. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 3
    National Public Radio began broadcasting in 1971.
    Students make predictions about the content of some of NPR's programs, then listen to the programs and report on the contents and discuss with the class.
83. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
    New Literacies and 21st-Century Technologies
    IRA's position on recognizing an expanded conception of literacy and supporting learners as they use and interact with information and communication technologies.
84. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Novel News: Broadcast Coverage of Character, Conflict, Resolution, and Setting
    This twist on readers theater has students prepare original news programs based on incidents in a recent reading, as they explore standard literary elements of character, conflict, resolution, and setting.
85. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 27
    On this day in 1907, Rachel Carson was born.
    Students learn about Rachel Carson, explore different environmental websites, and write a Diamante Poem about a particular habitat.
86. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Outside In: Finding A Character's Heart Through Art
    This activity, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and the stories of Raymond Carver, challenges students to get inside contemporary life and characters through the creation of monologues.
87. 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.
88. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
    Profile Publisher
    Students use the Profile Publisher to draft online social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, and newspaper or magazine profiles for themselves, other real or fictional characters.
89. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
    Promoting Student-Directed Inquiry with the I-Search Paper
    The sense of curiosity behind research writing gets lost in some school-based assignments. This Strategy Guide provides the foundation for cultivating interest and authority through I-Search writing, including publishing online.
90. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Activity & Project
    Rate This Movie! Hold a Viewing Party
    High school friends gather together for a viewing party of a movie, at home or the theater, then participate in a salon critiquing the merits of the movie.

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