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71. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 9  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    The Mysteries of Harris Burdick: Using Illustrations to Guide Writing
    Students use illustrations from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick as a guide to write mysteries
    and then present their stories to the class for students to discuss to which illustration each
    story corresponds.
72. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
    Today's students love chatting online with friends. This lesson combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.
73. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 11  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    "Three Stones Back": Using Informational Text to Enhance Understanding of Ball Don't Lie
    Students engage in a close reading of a passage from Matt de la Pena's novel Ball Don't Lie before researching important background information to assess the accuracy of the claims made by a character.
74. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Thrills! Chills! Using Scary Stories to Motivate Students to Read
    Students examine story elements through teacher read-alouds and independent reading and then use reader-response journals and graphic organizers to prepare for the creation of their own scary stories.
75. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Travel Brochures: Highlighting the Setting of a Story
    Readers are often transported to the places mentioned in texts through words and descriptions. This lesson invites students to create travel brochures about the setting of texts they have read.
76. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Understanding Irony
    This lesson enables students to define the three types of irony, identify and differentiate among examples of the types of irony, and demonstrate their understanding of each type.
77. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
    Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary
    Students will be the definition of vocabulary experts as they use the skills they learn in this lesson to track, define, and ultimately master unfamiliar words.
78. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Classic Poetry to Challenge and Enrich Students' Writing
    This lesson sets poetry in motion when students experiment with poetic styles to improve their writing skills and enhance their understanding of poetry.
79. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    When I Was Young In...A Literature to Language Experience
    Past meets present in this lesson in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
80. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Writing Alternative Plots for Robert C. O'Brien's Z for Zachariah
    Students write new endings for the science fiction novel, Z for Zachariah by exploring alternative plotlines created by making different moral choices than those made by the main character.

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