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1. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Exploring Intersections between Digital and Disciplinary Literacy: Leveraging Synergies for Deeper Learning
   This interactive Web seminar will examine digital practices essential for learning in the disciplines.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
   Are your students easily fooled? You'll find out in this lesson in which students carefully and critically examine hoax websites to determine their validity.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   In the Style of Ernie Pyle: Reporting on World War II
   Students will think this lesson should make the headlines when they finish researching Ernie Pyle's work in preparation for writing their own news articles.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 30
   Jonathan Swift was born on this day in 1667.
   Students explore satire and parody in television and film, advertising, and journalism and create a display that highlights their findings.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
   Paper and pixels get compared in this lesson in which students compare both printed and online versions of a magazine.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Pictures Tell the Story: Improving Comprehension With Persepolis
   Students get the big picture of the Middle East when they read and analyze Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing & Publishing Prose
   RWT Postcard Creator
   The Postcard Creator walks students through the full production of a postcard.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Songs of Our Lives: Using Lyrics to Write Stories
   Students learn about the life and music of John Lennon, write a short story from their lives integrating lyrics from some of their favorite songs, and create a class book of stories.
9. 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.