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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
   Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Audience & Purpose: Evaluating Disney's Changes to the Hercules Myth
   What drives changes to classic myths and fables? In this lesson students evaluate the changes Disney made to the myth of "Hercules" in order to achieve their audience and purpose.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Developing Story Structure With Paper-Bag Skits
   Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students use mystery props in a skit bag to create and perform in short, impromptu skits.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
   Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 9  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Mysteries of Harris Burdick: Using Illustrations to Guide Writing
   Students use illustrations from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick as a guide to write mysteries
   and then present their stories to the class for students to discuss to which illustration each
   story corresponds.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words
   Students use word webs to choose synonyms for generic adjectives and to learn to adjust their word usage for different contexts.