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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   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   A High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying in Schools
   Students read a work of realistic fiction about bullying and gain understanding through writing, Readers Theatre, and discussion.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 23
   In 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day.
   Based on grade level, students learn about rhyming structure, experiment with the Shakespearean Insult Kit, or study scenes from Othello and watch an adaptation of that scene from the movie O.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   In Literature, Interpretation is the Thing
   Students consider Shakespearean literature to be or not to be useful in a modern context when they analyze the relationship between text and reader interpretation.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
   Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Reading Movies and TV: Learning the "Language" of Moving-Image Texts
   Introduce students to the idea that movies and TV have their own language and grammar, which gives them special ways of telling their stories.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 6
   The Jazz Singer debuted on this day in 1927.
   Students think about the sound in a movie they have seen multiple times. Then students predict what sounds they expect to hear in a short scene from a film with the sound turned down.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Peace Journey: Using Process Drama in the Classroom
   What does peace mean to you? In this lesson, students attempt to answer this question as they write and perform a short skit that reflects their ideas of peace.
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing
   Trading Card Creator
   This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 5
    Walt Disney was born in 1901.
    Students describe female characters in Disney films, discuss their characteristics, and write a thesis statement about them.