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Read Write Think: Vocabulary Self Collection Strategy
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to compose their own vocabulary lists by selecting words that are unfamiliar to them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Read Write Think: Renaissance Humanism
This lesson plan explores Renaissance humanism in both "Hamlet" and "The Birth of Venus." Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Beginning Writers Compare E Mail With Letter Writing
Contains plans for three lessons that teach younger students the differences between letter writing and e-mail writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
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Read Write Think: Learning Vocabulary Down by the Bay
Contains plans for six lessons that teach students Dolch high-frequency sight words using songs and activities. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Phonics in Context
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches young scholars the letter-sound relationship for the short /u/ sound using the book "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Read Write Think: Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about the tropical rainforest using picture books such as "Welcome to the Green House" by Jane Yolen. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
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Read Write Think: Persuasive Writing for Summer Reading
A good instructional activity, to be used during the last month of the school year, for motivating students to remain faithful to reading over the summer. Uses strategies such as student-chosen books and persuasive writing techniques.
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Read Write Think: Sequencing a Strategy to Succeed at Reading Comprehension
Contains plans for lessons that use the story of Paul Bunyan to teach about sequencing and order of events. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Examining Transcendentalism
Interactive lesson that allows students to view the works and ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau through the popular culture of their time. Students use multiple genres to grasp the concepts of Transcendentalism, and...
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Read Write Think: Using Read Aloud as a Springboard to Writing
Using "Thunder Rose" by Jerdine Nolen, this lesson plan explores elements of tall tales. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pgs for Class Collection
A four-session lesson plan that leads to a class collection of resources is a solid introduction to both searching skills and evaluation. Could be used with any number of subject areas.
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Read Write Think: Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry
Contains plans for eight lessons in a poetry unit that asks students to write poetry in various forms after reading models. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Read Write Think: Applying Question?answer Relationships to Pictures
Contains plans for two lessons that develop students' ability to ask questions about the pictures in a text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Analyzing Advice as an Introduction to Shakespeare
Contains plans for four lessons that use a "Chicago Tribune" column and other modern sources to teach about the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
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Read Write Think: Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to change the action in the turning point of a tragedy in order to see the effect on the rest of the play. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...
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Read Write Think: Seasonal Haiku
This site is a three-part lesson that teaches students how to write and depict seasonal imagery through haiku. Students study, listen to, and create original haiku on colored backgrounds.
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Read Write Think: Writing Abc Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Contains plans for four lessons that are adaptable to many texts that students may be reading. Students analyze the text for literary elements such as characters, setting, figures of speech, and themes, and then publish their findings in...
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Read Write Think: Mail Time! An Integrated Postcard and Geography Study
Contains plans for five cross-curricular lessons that teach about geography, reading, and writing by having learners send postcards to relatives and asking them to send postcards back. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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Read Write Think: You Can't Spell Prefix Without a Prefix
This online lesson teaches the importance of learning and understanding the meanings of prefixes in the English language. Lesson tend to be interactive, with students identifying, constructing, and defining words with prefixes.
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Ncte: Organizing Your Writing
This PDF article explains five different patterns of organization to help students select an organization that matches the purpose of their writing so that the audience can more easily follow along. The patterns are sequential, spatial,...
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Read Write Think: Alliteration in Headline Poems
For this lesson, students will learn or review the topic of "alliteration" in writing. Then each student will create a 25-word headline poem that contains at least three examples of alliteration. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Read Write Think: Alphabiography Project Totally You
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to write autobiographies using aspects of their lives for each letter of the alphabet. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Read Write Think: Cyberspace Explorer Christopher Columbus
This lesson supports students' literacy skills by gathering multiple online sources concerning the explorer Christopher Columbus. Activities promote this literacy by attempting to research Columbus from multiple perspectives, including...
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Read Write Think: Biography Project: Research/presentation
Typical lesson on a biography research project. Students choose a famous person, read a biography and do research online, and create a graphic organizer to teach the class about the person's life.