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1. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Bringing Grammar to Life
   Seamlessly integrate grammar instruction into your entire language arts curriculum.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Crossing Boundaries Through Bilingual, Spoken-Word Poetry
   Students explore the idea of "crossing boundaries" through bilingual, spoken-word poetry, culminating in a poetry slam at school or in the community.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring a Teen's World: Learning SAT Vocabulary Through Drama
   Students use SAT vocabulary to create and film a screenplay. They perform all roles, from writing through filming, resulting in a resource for their classmates.
4. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Literacy Remix: Bridging Adolescents' In and Out of School Literacies
   This resources promotes the use new literacies to help students connect to school texts.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Making It Visual for ELL Students: Teaching History Using Maus
   Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel Maus. The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance
   Make connections across genres and across cultures to engage students in the study of literary voice and themes. Comprehension skills and vocabulary also come into play, especially for English language learners, as students read a novel and related poems, then write and perform original poems related to the novel.
7. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Second-Language Literacy Instruction
   This position statement offers recommendations on ways to support second-language learners.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Tell Me Your Story: Video-Inspired Vocabulary Writing
   Students watch a sample of artistic video clips online and respond through creative writing while using the vocabulary words they are currently studying.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court
   Students have the right to have fun in this lesson in which they create a PowerPoint presentation about civil rights and the Supreme Court.