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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 11
   Alex Haley, author of Roots, was born in 1921.
   Students explore their own roots by interviewing family members and use their family history to write a fictional account of their roots.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Boys Read: Considering Courage in Novels
   In this lesson designed especially for boys, students read a work of realistic fiction and get to know courageous male characters through writing, Internet activities, and discussion.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 30
   Caldecott Medal-winner Virginia Lee Burton was born on this day in 1909.
   Students discuss similarities in Burton's illustrations and writing style in her many books, in addition to her use of personification.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 25
   Caldecott-winning illustrator Lane Smith was born in 1959.
   Students discuss some of the ways in which illustrations can enhance a story and then become illustrators, using a variety of media.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Collaborating, Writing, Linking: Using Wikis to Tell Stories Online
   Students become online authors in this lesson in which they write and post a short story using wiki technology.
6. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6-12: A Handbook of Multiple Intelligence Activities
   These skill-based activities will help students develop the academic thinking skills and language to understand challenging content concepts.
7. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines
   Written with the Common Core State Standards firmly in mind, this book presents a much-needed instructional model for disciplinary literacy.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 14
   Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.
   In small groups or individually, students make baseball cards for the players in the poem "Casey at the Bat." Students can use a word processor or the Character Trading Cards interactive to create their cards.
9. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Finding the Artist Within: Creating and Reading Visual Texts in the English Language Arts Classroom
   Discover ways to integrate visual arts and technology in your English language arts classroom.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 1
    Get ready to go back to school!
    Students share details about their lives with one another using the interactive Graphic Map and share their memories in small groups or with the whole class.

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