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Reading is Fun
Learners explore the benefits and joys of reading. They review the reading comprehension strategy cross-checking. They then are introduced to the library and are encouraged to check out an independent book they would independently...
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"Sum, Sum, Sum It Up!"
Pupils are provided with a model of how to better comprehend text through using a summarization rubric which includes: deleting trivial information, deleting repeated information, substituting easy words for lists of items, adding a...
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Wagons West: Proofreading
Pupils proofread each others journal entries. In this proofreading activity, students exchange journal entries to proofread according to instructions given by the teacher. Pupils will read a different journal each day, giving...
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Alex: Analyzing Characters in 12 Angry Men
Re-telling a story from the points of view of its various characters is a powerful way to review the events of a story, show how authors use characterization to reveal characters' personalities, and encourage students to view stories...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Topic Sentences
Often, we ask students to find the main idea in the story- this helps when re-telling. Why not apply this idea to writing? Find the main idea and introduce your writing with that idea; just like with a book, it helps with re-telling!...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Fairy Tales From Life
A guideline for helping students to write their own fairy tales. This is a fun activity that will help students to analyze a literary style and follow a pattern.
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Russian Fairy Tales
At this site choose between long version and a short version of these fairy tales translated from the Russian. Each one is illustrated. Be aware that there are advertisements on the page.
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Nsw Dept. Of Ed.: Retelling [Pdf]
PDF page from the New South Wales, Australia, Department of Education and Training that contains suggestions for helping students retell things they have read or seen. It includes some suggestions for how to achieve this as well as a...
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Unesco: Iran: Bisotun
Bisotun is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument of this...