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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 28
   Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.
   Mysteries are shared with students for them to solve and brainstorm the attributes of a good mystery. Small groups then compose short mysteries using the Mystery Cube.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 27
   Coretta Scott King was born on this day in 1927.
   Students do a book report assignment based on a current or past winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 2
   Hans Christian Andersen was born on this date in 1805.
   Students write a brief summary of one of Andersen's stories, and then read the original story and compare the two versions of the tale with the Venn Diagram tool.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 29
   Poet Yusef Komunyakaa was born in 1947.
   Students examine imagery in the work of Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa.