The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).
![Comic Creator](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/949.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=6YVfE4Xi)
![Animal Inquiry](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/950.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=6RXmvEDh)
![Letter Poem Creator](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/951.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=J-L0vR0-)
The Letter Poem Creator provides an online model for the thought process involved in creating poems based upon a letter; then, students are invited to experiment with letter poems independently.
![Line Break Explorer](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/952.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=tUH1kgOE)
The interactive explores the ways that poets choose line breaks in their writing. After viewing the demonstration, students are invited to experiment with line breaks themselves.
![What's in the Bag?](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/953.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=TTNTge1j)
What's in the Bag? invites primary students to play with vocabulary common to their environment.
![Fact Fragment Frenzy](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/954.jpg?h=32730cf0&itok=o1CLhaDj)
Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary students with an online model for finding facts in nonfiction text, then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.
![Drama Map](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/955_0.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=w32D4zo5)
![Literary Elements Map](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/956_0.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=CS5UILwm)
Students can map out the key literary elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution as prewriting for their own fiction or as analysis of a text by another author in this secondary-level interactive.
![Stapleless Book](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/957.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=6jAQHJtx)
The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
![Haiku Poem Interactive](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/136.jpeg?h=a4decf65&itok=kUIRdW8w)
![Venn Diagram](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/214.jpg?h=5fa99987&itok=1DvknFHV)
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
![<i>The Great Gatsby</i> in the Classroom: Searching for the American Dream](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/430_2.jpg?h=6cf6d06b&itok=753nUUil)
![<i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> in the Classroom: Walking in Someone Else's Shoes](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/431_2.jpg?h=a5e8c0c4&itok=nbsnxSLQ)
![Writing about Literature, 2nd ed., Revised and Updated](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/432_2.jpg?h=28d01d0b&itok=0xWowiLI)
![Authentic assessment](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/2021-05/AuthenticAssessment.png?h=735f7c84&itok=MSZRSxRr)
![Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading: Lessons for Teachers of Literature](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/434_2.jpg?h=378cb3bf&itok=ApAo1t-I)
![Reading Shakespeare with Young Adults](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/435_2.jpg?h=2673b964&itok=sQP1ZCYZ)
![What Works in Writing Instruction: Research and Practices](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/436_2.jpg?h=31a4dfc7&itok=gdqypqzW)
![Reading for Learning: Using Discipline-Based Texts to Build Content Knowledge](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/437_2.jpg?h=dda01c26&itok=xGvW0b8s)
![What Is "College-Level" Writing? Volume 2: Assignments, Readings, and Student Writing Samples](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/439_2.png?h=735f7c84&itok=Xo-EEf1i)