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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Aim for the Heart: Using Haiku to Identify Theme
   Using haiku, students focus on themes in literature and demonstrate their understanding of an author's message. Writing haiku to accompany an analytical paper hones analytical skills and fosters creative expression.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   e-Book Reading and Response: Innovative Ways to Engage with Texts
   Students in grades 5 through 12 read and respond to electronic books by using e-book tools and features, including digital note-taking capabilities.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Entering History: Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King, Jr.
   Nikki Giovanni's poem "The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr." is paired with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, taking students on a quest through time to the Civil Rights movement.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Examining History with Maya Angelou's Poetry
   To understand the historical background that influenced Maya Angelou's poems, students research events to produce trading cards using the ReadWriteThink Trading Card App or Trading Card Student Interactive. Through the sharing of these trading cards, students understand the historical background as they analyze Angelou's poetry.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Going Digital: Using e-Book Readers to Enhance the Reading Experience
   Students use various tools and features of digital readers to develop vocabulary, support comprehension, respond to text, improve fluency, and enhance the reading experience.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Huge Mistakes that Led to Catastrophe: Learning about Human-made Disasters throughout History
   After researching various human-made disasters such as the BP oil spill, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great Chicago Fire, students share their research in oral presentations. Then students pair up to compare and contrast their disasters using the Venn Diagram Student Interactive or the Venn diagram Mobile App.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 6  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Learning about Clouds with Haikus
   Using a mobile app or Interactive activity, students write haikus describing various types of clouds that they have studied.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Picture This: Using Instagram to Report
   After taking a field trip that students document using mobile app Instagram, students become new reporters as they use the interactive Printing Press to tell about their experiences.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
   Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards
    Using selected characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating fictional character trading cards.

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