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Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive
Venn Diagram
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
Grades 4 – 8 | Lesson Plan
Beyond History Books: Researching With Twin Texts and Technology
Students in grades 4–8 activate prior knowledge and research information about a historic event through fiction and nonfiction literature and exploration of relevant websites.
Lesson Plans
Viking Voyagers: Navigating Online Content Area Reading
Students set sail on an online Viking voyage, collaborating to research aspects of Viking culture and then applying their newfound knowledge as they navigate the interactive Viking Quest Game.
Robert Frost Prompts the Poet in You
Students will find their inner poet laureate in this lesson that involves writing a poem in the style of Robert Frost.
Students can use this tool to learn about the elements of the hero's journey, analyze a text that follows the hero's journey pattern, or start creating a hero story of their own.
Exploring Change through Allegory and Poetry
Students read an example of allegory, review literary concepts, complete literary elements maps and plot diagrams, create a pictorial allegory, and write diamante poems related to the theme of change.
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
Students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
Students use this online tool to create an alphabet chart or pages for an alphabet book.
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Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers
This practical text outlines various ways to enhance and enrich writing instruction through the use of children's literature.
In this Web seminar you will learn to avoid "Random Acts of Differentiating" by designing lessons around a practical framework that clearly defines where to effectively differentiate in your lesson: Chunk (Input), Chew (Process) and Check (Output).
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Empowering Students and Teachers with RWT
Kathy Wickline | Media Specialist/Librarian | Tolono, IL
After nineteen years of teaching high school English and German, I switched to position of media specialist at a middle school
