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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives
   Students read biographies and explore websites of selected American authors and then role-play as the authors.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
   Tradition and technology come together in this lesson in which students learn about Alaskan animals through Native American tales and their own online research.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
   Alphabet Books for All Ages
   Find alphabet books to inspire and educate the entire family in this Chatting About Books podcast episode.
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Game & Tool
   Alphabet Organizer
   Alphabet Organizer lets children create a calendar-style ABC chart or letter pages for an alphabet book.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
   Animal Perspectives
   Discover books that allow you to look at the world through the eyes of an animal!
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Race With Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion
   In this lesson, athletics, aesthetics, and poetics intersect in new ways as developing literacy learners experiment together with the forms of language.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
   Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 10  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 19
   Author Eve Bunting was born in Ireland in 1928.
   Students listen to a news article about the LA race riots and then read Smoky Night to discuss how a younger observer might be affected by these events and their perceptions.
9. 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.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    A-Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre
    Students increase their understanding of alphabet books by participating in a variety of reading and writing activities.

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