Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, Second Edition: Chapter 1: Activities
This site shares activities that will coordinate with Chapter 1 of the textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, Second Edition. These activities provide opportunities to reflect about the teaching of literature.
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Tooter4 Kids: Journal Writing
This site gives you a teacher's perspective on journal writing. It looks at how effective journal writing can be for your students and more.
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Victoria Research Web
Track the Victorian Age through this informative research site. This site contains several links to help bridge your knowledge of Victorian research. Don't miss out.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Corduroy Lesson Plan
This ReadWriteThink activity features an opportunity for learners to respond to literature through writing journals about "Corduroy," by Don Freeman. This idea could be used with other books as well.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Bright Morning
Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: John Winthrop
John Winthrop rose to power in social, spiritual and political circles and served as Massachusetts state governor for twelve years. His views are documented in "Journal." Click on "John Winthrop Activities" for related materials.
ThoughtCo
How to Keep a Reading Log or Book Journal
This site gives step-by-step directions for keeping a reading log. Book journal directions are also provided.
Read Works
Read Works: The Moon Journal
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Amir who keeps a journal of the moon he sees each night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Kim's Hungry Pet
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of fictional diary entries about a girl named Kim who get a new pet goat. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Nature of Science
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents science as a group effort and covers how science information is communicated and shared.
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L'humanite
The official paper of the French communist party, l'Humanite offers a selective view of French news (mostly social and political news). It opens with an op-ed column. Excellent to contrast with Le Figaro (the Conservative paper).
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L'humanite
The official paper of the French communist party, l'Humanite offers a selective view of French news (mostly social and political news). It opens with an op-ed column. Excellent to contrast with Le Figaro (the Conservative paper).
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L'est Republicain
The daily newspaper for Eastern (North-East) France, L'Est Republicain offers a review of daily national news with sections devoted to specific cities of Lorraine and Franche-Comte.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Validate Topic
A small collection of questions students should ask themselves as they think about the topics they want to explore in their science fair projects.
CommonLit
Common Lit: A Participant's First Hand Account of the Boston Tea Party
A learning module that begins with "A Participant's First-hand Account of the Boston Tea Party" by George Hewes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Interactive Journals [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about interactive vocabulary journals, engaging instructional strategy tools. They will learn how to implement interactive jounals, understand how to measure progress with interactive journals, find research...
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Journal Writing Ideas
This site is filled with several journal writing ideas. Students and teachers can benefit from this comprehensive list of journal writing suggestions.
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Emergency Nurses Association
Homepage of a professional nurses association working in Emergency healthcare settings. Professional, educational, and research resources are available.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Say Hi to Haibun Fun
In this lesson plan, students will consider Say Hi to Haibun Fun which looks at a Japanese style of writing called haibun. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
FNO Press
From Now On: Graphical Organizers as Thinking Technology
From Now On explains the purpose and advantages of graphic organizers such as converting complex information into meaningful displays, helping students plan their research, and sometimes acting as mind maps. There are several examples...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Keep Your Own Field Journal
This site, which offers templates for field journals, is part of a larger, interdisciplinary site about New Zealand. Walks you through the process and purpose of a field journal for scientific observation.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: In the Mirror of Genre
A teacher's research project page that explores his students' journal responses to various literary works. Basic and limited entries.
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Understanding Journal Entries
This site gives some general tips that facilitate recording journal entries and avoiding errors.
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Writing the Journal: Journal Definition
Find out what a journal is and how writing in a journal is different than other types of writing.