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1. 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.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 2
   David Macaulay was born in 1946.
   Students use the Multigenre Mapper interactive to explore Macaulay's use of multiple genres by composing original multigenre texts.
3. 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.
4. 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.