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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   An Exploration of Text Sets: Supporting All Readers
   Students create text sets on a high interest topic and use the texts to practice three strategies for reading for information.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Creating a Childhood for a Character
   Students explore familiar literary characters, usually first encountered as adults, but whose childhood stories are only told later. Students then create childhoods for adult characters from books of their choice.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Summary, Symbol, and Analysis in Bookmarks
   Students make bookmarks on computers and share their ideas with other readers at their school, while practicing summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews—all for an authentic audience.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creative Writing Through Wordless Picture Books
   Students are exposed to wordless picture books and begin developing story lines, both orally and in writing, using an online, interactive story map.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Reading Plans to Support Independent Reading
   Students analyze their past readings and use that knowledge to create reading plans for the future.
   
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Focusing Reader Response Through Vocabulary Analysis
   Students suggest and categorize words that they associate with a novel they have recently read, ranging from details about the plot to feelings about a character.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Internalization of Vocabulary Through the Use of a Word Map
   Students practice with words and develop both definitional and contextual knowledge through two agents—purposeful sequencing of steps and collaboration with peers.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Picture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
   Students use picture books as framing texts for research, freeing them from the language of encyclopedia sources and allowing them to focus their attention on the content of their papers.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy
   Students read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, demonstrate comprehension of the story by involving themselves in discussions, and analyze the characters in preparation for a class "press conference."
   
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
    Today's students love chatting online with friends. This lesson combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.