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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore seven basic story lines and apply these story lines to news articles in the New York Times. They write reports comparing the plot of a news article to novels, plays and movies with which they are familiar. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students create tri-fold biographical brochures. Each of the sections of the brochure refers to either the past, present or future of the student. They use the back of the brochure to list ways to be successful in high school and reach their goals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students design Career Character Poster, research occupations of interest, write about their future career choices, and present a first-person narrative about their chosen occupation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the possible relationships between characters in a novel. They read the novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' and answer all the questions on each chapter so that the characters and events are familiar to the students. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students explore the self through a study of autobiographies. By writing daily in their journals, they improve their writing skills and write reflection pieces at the end of the year. Through a series of writing assignments, students explore various cultures and describe their personal reactions to the scenarios. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students recognize pivotal moments in their lives. They write about these moments in multiple genres. Students work in peer groups to brainstorm, conference and edit their writings. They analyze fairy tales and then rewrite their autobiographies as fairy tales. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students spell twenty spelling words and write the rule that applies to any words they misspelled. With a partner they read and compare and contrast two biographies, then write an autobiographical paragraph in chronological order using signal and transitional words. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students explore narrative writing in nonfiction works. They discuss the meaning of nonfiction and the logical sequence of stories. Students read examples of nonfiction writing and compose their own narrative nonfiction pieces. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students engage in a literature study that uses a variety of texts in order to maximize their exposure to different reading situations. They examine each book in order to practice skills of reading comprehension. They recognize the literary devices of each and then answer the questions to go with the text. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students listen as the teacher reads an autobiographical book. They discuss "Henry and Mudge books." They compare these stories with "When I Was Young in the Mountains," by Cynthia Rylant. Students discuss the differences between fiction and nonfiction books. Full Review »

