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Curated OER

Someone Like Me

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate what sort of person the author is. They listen as the teacher use her notes to introduce Tom Holt briefly. Students are asked if anyone has read any of his books. They work in pairs to find more about Tom Holt as a...
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Curated OER

Growing Seeds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students read 5 different scenarios with varied growing conditions for plants. Students make a prediction for each: Will it grow a little, grow a lot, or not grow at all?
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Genre Study of Letter With the Jolly Postman

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this instructional activity outline based on The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, students learn about parts of a letter, the different genres of mail, and letter attributes by studying the letters included in the book.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Genre Study Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan on genre study teaches writing within a genre as parting of a writing craft. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Everyone Loves a Mystery a Genre Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for lessons that teach about the mystery story genre, including its story elements and vocabulary. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Animal Study From Fiction to Facts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask students to compare and research information about animals from fiction and nonfiction texts. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Comics in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan explores the use of comics in the classroom as a gateway to genre study. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Genre: History

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources will help you determine if Shakespeare's historical plays were accurate or more political and cultural statements about the times he lived in. They include videos, articles,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Texts: Pictures and Photographs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses All About Cats and Kittens by Emily Neye to teach students how to identify facts from photographs and pictures in informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...
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Read Works

Read Works: A Wrinkle in Time 6th Grade Unit

For Teachers 4th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks Unit engages students in a deep study of Madeleine L'Engle's science fiction work, A Wrinkle in Time. Students will investigate the following topics: the book's theme, the science fiction...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Realism: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte who uses stereotypical but realistic characters to invent the culture of the "Old West." This story is an example of Regionalism, a sbu-genre of Realism....
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Text Kindergarten Unit: Labeled Diagrams

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Question and Answer Books From Genre Study to Report Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for eight lessons that explore Question and Answer Books and ask young scholars to do research in order to write their own. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in...
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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Shane by Jack Schaefer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the western novel Shane by Jack Schaefer including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Read Works

Read Works: Are Roller Coasters Safe?

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists studying the safety of roller coasters. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Comedy: Much Ado About Nothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive study guide/lesson for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and also about Shakespeare's comedies in general. It includes an introduction, worksheets, plot summaries of different...
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Other

Early American Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
A site with examples and information about early American paintings from 1671-1829. Use the timeline to click on a time period, or click and select by artist, genre, or place of origin. Also includes an extensive bibliography.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Music Across America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This curriculum unit devoted to the study of American music features five lesson plans that help students identify instruments, recognize styles and genres of American music and begin to comprehend the rich diversity of American music.
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre Kindergarten Unit: Tells a Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn that nursery rhymes tell a story and learn to retell that story in their own words. Texts are provided with free login.
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TES Global

Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose. Ghost Stories

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of 13 lessons explores the horror/ghost film genre. Students will culminate the study by writing their own ghost stories.
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Graphic
Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: American Art to 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
Study works of American art from the eighteen and nineteenth centuries. Works in a variety of media, including the decorative arts, are represented as are pieces by some of America's best-known artists: Copley, Church, Homer, and...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: What's the Big Idea? Integrating Young Adult Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Drawing on New York City teachers' experiences, this article examines three ways to effectively integrate young adult literature into the curriculum: use core texts (usually novels, but also other genres as well) that the entire class...
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Other

What Makes an "Amazing" Fable Captivating?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students become the authors, producers and actors in their own multimedia fables, after they study fable characteristics for this instructional activity.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: u.s. Rationing During Wwii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive lesson on U.S. Rationing during WWII uses a 1942 genre painting, Wartime Marketing, for students to study American Life during WWII.

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