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Read Write Think: Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons
This lesson plan explores the political and social influence of political cartoons. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Identifying and Classifying Verbs in Context
Contains plans for a lesson plan using "Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs" by Ruth Heller to teach about identifying and classifying action, linking, and helping verbs. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
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Read Write Think: Electronic Reader Response Project
This lesson plan involves creating and maintaining an online scrapbook in a reader-response format. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Identify, Compare, Write Nonfiction
Lesson that introduces the concepts of nonfiction to elementary young scholars. Through reading and interactive lessons, students engage the genre of nonfiction and begin to write their own examples.
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Read Write Think: Learning About Worms Using
Contains plans for four lessons that use the book "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin to teach about worms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
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Read Write Think: Writing Free Verse
This online lesson plan allows students to learn about the characteristics of free verse poetry and to model their poems after the activist Cesar Chavez.
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Read Write Think: Critical and Analytical Thinking About Literary Characters
Contains plans for four lessons that use the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry to teach about characterization using word maps. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...
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Read Write Think: Postmodern Picture Books
Using "Black and White" by David Macaulay, this lesson plan demonstrates the use of picture books as learning tools in middle school. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
Contains plans for a instructional activity about folk and fairy tales that also teaches about the different sounds of the letter "g." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Read Write Think: Story Character Homepage
Online lesson which allows for students to create an electronic "Home page," for a specific character when reading a class novel. Students research and create web pages, then present findings to the class.
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Read Write Think: Star Search: How Do I Find the Books I Need?
Lesson which outlines the STAR process for finding resources in a library. Students are taught to select appropriate search tools, subject headings, and resources.
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Read Write Think: Poetry From Prose
This instructional activity teaches students to create an original poem based on select words and phrases from a prose piece. Also encourages students to model poetic forms after found poems.
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Read Write Think: Investigating the Holocaust: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
Contains plans for eight lessons that ask middle schoolers to explore a variety of print and non-print media in order to learn more about the Holocaust. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Read Write Think: Using Science Texts to Teach the Organization of Nonfiction
Contains plans for three lessons that use science textbooks to teach about the organizational features of nonfiction such as labels, captions, headings, and fonts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Read Write Think: Myth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving" [Pdf]
Contains plans for three lessons that examine the myth and reality behind the first Thanksgiving and the Wampanoag Native Americans in colonial America. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Read Write Think: Mapping Characters Across Book Series
This lesson plan examines the changes and developments in characters which appear in a series. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Questioning a Comprehension Strategy for Small Group Reading
Contains plans for three lessons about asking the right questions while reading. After the teacher explains the difference between factual and inferential questions, students practice using them in small-group guided reading. In addition...
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Read Write Think: Using Scary Stories to Motivate Students
This lesson plan utilizes young scholars' desire to read scary stories and uses this as a motivational tool in the classroom. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Propaganda Techniques in Literature: Ads
In this online lesson, students are introduced to various propaganda techniques that have been used by the media and political candidates. Students explore the propaganda and the effect it has on contemporary society.
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Read Write Think: An Epidemic for Reading
This lesson plan explores the facts and the history behind historical fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to create their own public service announcements (PSAs) using Windows Movie Maker or other similar software. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...
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Read Write Think: Using Picture Books to Teach Setting Development
Contains plans for two or three lessons that teach about setting using picture books as models. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
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Read Write Think: Creative Outlining?from Freewriting to Formalizing
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask students to write literary analysis essays about Edgar Allen Poe's ?The Fall of the House of Usher.? In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Read Write Think: Using the Prediction Strategy to Set Purposes for Reading
Contains plans for three lessons that teach a reading comprehension technique called the prediction strategy, where students predict what will happen in a story before reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...