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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
   Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   An Exploration of Romanticism Through Art and Poetry
   Students use art and poetry to explore and understand major characteristics of the Romantic period.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Comparing William Carlos Williams's Poetry with Cubist Paintings
   Through discussion, drawing, and writing, students compare how William Carlos Williams's poetry and Cubist and Precisionist painting employ similar artistic strategies, enhancing their understanding of both kinds of text.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   I've Got the Literacy Blues
   Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character
   Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Love of War in Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story"
   Students explore the theme of love of war through texts on camaraderie among soldiers. They then compose a visual collage depicting their beliefs about the relationship between love and war.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Music and Me: Visual Representations of Lyrics to Popular Music
   Students will whistle while they work on this lesson, creating a photomontage movie of their interpretation of a favorite song's lyrics that will end everyone's day on a high note.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
   This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Plotting a Plan to Improve Writing: Using Plot Scaffolds
   Students really get into character in this lesson as they act out the parts of a script and analyze character motivations and dialogue.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    The Children's Picture Book Project
    In this lesson students evaluate published children's picture storybooks. Students then plan, write, illustrate, and publish their own children's picture books.

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