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11. 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.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Persuading an Audience: Writing Effective Letters to the Editor
    Students use persuasive writing and an understanding of the characteristics of letters to the editor to compose effective letters to the editor on topics of interest to them.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Persuading Readers with Endorsement Letters
    Students explore the genre of commercial endorsements, establishing characteristics and requirements for the genre. Each student then composes an endorsement of a product, service, company, or industry.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Play Ball! Encouraging Critical Thinking Through Baseball Questions
    Cooperation and critical thinking are the name of the game as students use baseball facts they find online to create trivia questions for a class Jeopardy game.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 4
    Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
    Rosa Parks was committed to the struggle for social justice and human rights until her death, inspiring millions of people around the world. Today, we celebrate her!
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Shared Experiences, Individual Impressions: Buddies Create PowerPoint Stories
    Stories and snapshots of school-related experiences are the perfect sources of inspiration for students as they create PowerPoint presentations with the help of an older student.
    
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom
    People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    The Big, Bad Wolf...Is This a Fact?
    Reading is revamped in this lesson in which students use a multimedia approach to study the books by Seymour Simon.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 10
    The New York Times used the slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."
    After discussing newspapers and their different points of view, students choose a current event, read editorials on the event, and share them with the class to identify the editor's point of view.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Weekly Writer's Blogs: Building a Reflective Community of Support
    Students explore the conventions of blog writing while using it to self-reflect on their writing and communicate with classmates about each other's reflections.

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