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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts
   Students listen to fiction and nonfiction read-alouds and explore selected Websites to identify factual information about animals. This lesson focuses on ants, but can be adapted to any animal.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
   Students write resumes for historical fiction characters. They first explore help wanted ads to see what employers want, and then draft resumes for the characters they've chosen.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Choosing, Chatting, and Collecting: Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy
   Students identify interesting words from Shakespeare's plays and add them to a classroom vocabulary collection.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Inferential Comprehension Through DL-TA and Discussion Webs
   Students will love unwrapping this lesson about before, during, and after reading activities based on Margaree King Mitchell's book, Grandaddy's Gift.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   He Said/She Said: Analyzing Gender Roles through Dialogue
   Students analyze dialogue tags used with male and female characters in a book they have read. They then evaluate the message the dialogue tags convey about gender roles.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Seuss and Silverstein: Posing Questions, Presenting Points
   Students will enjoy this blast from the past as they read the works of Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein to analyze the way social issues are addressed in selected works.
7. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Technology That Powers Up Learning
   By designing lessons to activate prior knowledge and linking these activities to reading and writing, teachers found that students were more engaged, that they learned more material more quickly, and that they more willingly incorporated reading into their lives.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Unwinding A Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
   Students use graphic organizers to explore plot in circular stories while focusing on prediction and sequencing. After exploring the features of circular plot stories, students write their own stories.