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21. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan
    Beyond History Books: Researching With Twin Texts and Technology
    Students in grades 4–8 activate prior knowledge and research information about a historic event through fiction and nonfiction literature and exploration of relevant websites.
22. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Beyond "What I Did on Vacation": Exploring the Genre of Travel Writing
    After reading and analyzing short examples of travel writing and discussing conventions of the genre, students write their own travel articles.
23. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Biographies: Creating Timelines of a Life
    In this lesson students explore a number of sources to create a biographical timeline about a selected person. Students collaboratively research and resolve conflicting information they find during their investigation.
24. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation
    Classroom biography study offers high-interest reading with a purpose, as students begin with inquiry and research, summarize and organize their information, and prepare oral presentations to share with the class.
25. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    "Blind Date with a Book": Creating Lifelong Readers
    This multi-lesson learning project encourages students to read engaging texts at their grade level and also works to promote habitual, independent reading in all students.
26. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia
    Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication.
27. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Blurring Genre: Exploring Fiction and Nonfiction with Diary of a Worm
    After reading several examples of how a published author incorporates facts in fiction writing, students research a topic of their choice and write fictional diary entries that incorporate factual information.
28. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    BOOKMATCH: Scaffolding Independent Book Selection
    This lesson will be turning heads and pages as students learn how to choose appropriate books for independent reading exercises and later evaluate their choices.
29. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: Creating a Childhood for a Character
    Students explore familiar literary characters, usually first encountered as adults, but whose childhood stories are only told later. Students then create childhoods for adult characters from books of their choice.
30. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Book Report Alternative: Creating Postcards for Fictional Settings
    In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices that feature journeys by creating postcards one of the settings featured in their books.

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