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101. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 9
     Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.
     Students study how regional dialect is written phonetically by reading a segment of Harris' story, as well as two others, and compare them using the Interactive Venn Diagram.
102. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 23
     Author Laurie Halse Anderson was born today.
     Laurie Halse Anderson, the New York Times-bestselling author who is known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity, was born on this day in 1961.
103. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 28
     Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.
     Mysteries are shared with students for them to solve and brainstorm the attributes of a good mystery. Small groups then compose short mysteries using the Mystery Cube.
104. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 9
     Author Matt de la Peña was born today.
     Students use an essay by de la Peña as a model for writing their own literacy autobiography.
105. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 28
     Author of Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, was born in 1932.
     Students research the concept of immortality from beliefs around the world and compose a short story, myth, or poem that addresses immortality.
106. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
     Author Tim O'Brien was born on this day.
     After reading O'Brien's story "A True War Story" from The Things They Carried, students choose a powerful event from their own lives and map it using the Timeline Tool. They then create a fictional version of this event.
107. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 23
     Avi was born in 1937.
     After reading Nothing But the Truth, students explore a current event topic and write their own short work of fiction in a similar multigenre format.
108. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender-Fair Pronouns
     Students engage in a brief writing assignment that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally.
109. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
     Back to School Stories
     As teens and preteens prepare to go back to school, recommend a book that features the settings and situations of school.
110. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
     Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
     Students "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters, using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives.

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