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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 25
   A Christmas Carol was the first book transmitted over radio!
   Students write a script for A Christmas Carol on a level that primary students can read and perform. Older students record the performance and create a website to showcase photographs.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 10  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 15
   Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall series, was born in 1939.
   After students have read one of Brian Jacques' Redwall stories, a class newspaper is created based on the story.
3. 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.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 22
   Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was born today.
   Students examine the painting that inspired Sondheim's Pulitzer-prize winning musical and then create a story of their own based on image they choose.
5. 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.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 22
   Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury was born in 1920.
   Students do a Bradbury author study and then create flyers to advertise their favorite story using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
7. 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.