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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
   Reinforce student understanding of parts of speech through the analysis of sample cinquain poems followed by the creation of original cinquains.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Found Poems/Parallel Poems
   Students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers
   Students improve their reading fluency by selecting a poem online to perform in class.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
   After listening to haiku poetry, students use seasonal descriptive words to write their own haiku, following the traditional format. They then publish their poems by mounting them on illustrated backgrounds.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation
   Students discuss prosody, gain a new appreciation for literature intended for oral performance, and participate in activities that instill the value of technology in shaping their appreciation of literature.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Weaving the Threads: Integrating Poetry Annotation and Web Technology
   Students read a poem by a Native American, explore Native American culture and then create a Website that explains words and phrases from the poem.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
   Whether you sing or recite familiar nursery rhymes in this standard lesson, students will learn how to create and categorize words that have similar endings.