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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students review author schema and identify literary aspects of a story, including plot, setting and dialogue. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students, in cooperative learning groups, read books written by Laura Numeroff and analyze the author's style with the use of a semantic web. They practice word processing skills using Write On Plus, Writing With Picture Books. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students set a purpose for reading. They formulate good questions. They share information with others. They use the Internet to communicate with an author. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students practice writing biographies, explore differences between biographies and autobiographies, and identify biographies of other authors by looking through other texts. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students watch scenes from movie The Last Emperor, discuss differences between limited and unlimited government, identify types of government and sources of authority of various African and Asian countries, and discuss factors that shape countries and governments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students listen to story written by author Gerald McDermott, compare and contrast other stories they have read written by same author, create Venn diagrams showing similarities and differences among stories, and determine which story is their favorite, and why. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students enjoy wriitng with this lesson. They see themselves as writers and journal wriitng and note taking will become fun for them. The teacher should have read a Beverly Cleary book to them and students look at information about the author and write about her. This can be done for any book. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students compare and contrast works by the same author, sequels using the same characters in new settings, and stories sharing similar themes. They discuss their selections and write extended stories based on a plan of events and set them out in simple chapters with titles and author details. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students research the author of "The Mitten" after listening to the story in class. Students access a website about the author to collect their information and also create a mural using the characters from "The Mitten". Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students practice utilizing the internet to look up information on the author Jan Brett and the books she wrote. They visit a variety of websites to assess the biography of Jan Brett and retell a story that she wrote in their own words with illustrations. Full Review »

