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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 30
   Caldecott Medal-winner Virginia Lee Burton was born on this day in 1909.
   Students discuss similarities in Burton's illustrations and writing style in her many books, in addition to her use of personification.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 29
   Karen Hesse, author of the Newbery-winning verse novel Out of the Dust, was born in 1952.
   Students write original short works of historical fiction in verse format, modeling the style Hesse used to write Out of the Dust.
3. 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.