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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Animate that Haiku!
   Following the traditional form of the haiku, students publish their own haikus using Animoto, an online web tool to produce slideshows that blend text and music.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Race With Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion
   In this lesson, athletics, aesthetics, and poetics intersect in new ways as developing literacy learners experiment together with the forms of language.
3. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
   Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 8
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
   What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future!
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Game & Tool
   Diamante Poems
   Diamante poems are poems where the longest line comes in the middle, creating a diamond-like shape. The Diamante Poems tool helps children write these patterned poems.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes
   Through a study of Langston Hughes' poetry, students connect his writing to his place in history.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing Poetry
   Haiku Poem App
   Students can learn about and write haiku using this app that guides them through the writing process.
9. 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.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Latino Poetry Blog: Blogging as a Forum for Open Discussion
    In this lesson, students use blogs to hold discussions about the effect of the factors of culture, history, and environment on Latino poetry.

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