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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 11
   Author E.B. White was born on this day in 1899.
   Author E.B. White, most well-known for his famous children's book, Charlotte's Web, received high acclaim and awards for many of his works of fiction.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 3
   Gwendolyn Brooks published Bronzeville Boys and Girls in 1956.
   After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 6  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 12
   Judy Blume was born in 1938.
   Students work with a partner or individually to create cartoons of their favorite scenes from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 10
   Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis was born in 1953.
   Students brainstorm a list of civil rights-related issues and use the Acrostic Poems interactive to create poems.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 9
   Science writer Seymour Simon was born in 1931.
   Students select and explore a scientific topic in detail using Simon's nonfiction science books and then use what they learn to write original poetry on the topic.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 18
   Today is Chris Van Allsburg's birthday.
   Students explore varying points of view, one of Van Allsburg's common themes, by rewriting a traditional story.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 12
   Walter Dean Myers, author of the Printz Award-winning novel Monster, was born in 1937.
   Students discuss how the form of a film script affects the story, why the author may have selected this writing style, and write a story using a similar format.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 20
   Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.
   Students are introduced to a Silverstein verse and asked for their impressions. They then draw that they imagine when they read one of his lines and then write a line or two to continue the passage.