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Charles Dickens Video

Charles Dickens

11 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.
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Virginia Woolf Video

Virginia Woolf

10 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Libraries may have been locked to women for centuries, but writers like Virginia Woolf were instrumental in opening the doors for other female authors. Learn more about Woolf's place in the modernist age and her voice in the literary...
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

K - 6th
Celebrate Read Across America Day or Dr. Seuss's birthday with a collection of reading comprehension materials. Versatile for any Dr. Seuss book, the worksheets and activities promote both foundational reading skills and critical thining abilities, all with the wonderful whimsy of Horton, Whos, and a Wocket.
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Tough Boris Activities & Project
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Tough Boris

Pre-K - 2nd
CCSS: Adaptable
Read through Mem Fox's 10 reading commandments and obtain an abundance of strategies to develop a love of reading in young learners. Additionally, use Tough Boris by Mem Fox to promote early literacy with a read aloud and an assortment...
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Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2) Unit
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Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

1st
CCSS: Adaptable
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...
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Web Page Evaluation Worksheet
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Web Page Evaluation

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Invite your learners to research three different websites that pertain to a topic focused on in your syllabus. Students fill out a chart by answering questions about each site. Then, they compare how useful the sites are to one another....
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Dr. Seuss Author Study Worksheet
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Dr. Seuss Author Study

K - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Want to know more about Dr. Seuss? Scholars research topics such as his childhood, family, education, jobs, and story themes to learn more about the ever-popular and fun to read author, Dr. Seuss. 
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The Magic Pot Lesson Plan

The Magic Pot

Pre-K - 1st
CCSS: Adaptable
The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...
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Weekly Lesson Plan for Shared Reading Unit

Weekly Lesson Plan for Shared Reading

K
CCSS: Adaptable
Reading is fun! Here, practice making predictions and instill concepts of print including the front of the book's features, the text's message, the connection between text and illustrations, and directionality with these daily reading...
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An Author Study of Jan Brett Unit

An Author Study of Jan Brett

1st - 3rd
Jan Brett, the author of many beloved children's books, is well worth a study. Try out this winter-themed unit, which covers areas of language arts as well as art, math, science, and social studies.
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Eric Carle Author Study Activities & Project

Eric Carle Author Study

Pre-K - 2nd
Learn all about Eric Carle, find out about his famous caterpillar, and try out related art, science, writing, math, and social studies activities. The resource comes with plenty of materials to support your instruction.
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Understanding Theme Lesson Plan

Understanding Theme

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The ninth in a fourteen-instructional activity series, this plan marks a sort of midpoint in a unit devoted to the study of short stories. Pupils learn about theme and work on their short story projects by adding to their blogs, checking...
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Introduction to Short Story Writers Say Lesson Plan

Introduction to Short Story Writers Say

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
There are so many authors of short stories, and your class can have the chance to study quite a few. This seventh lesson in a series of fourteen continues the decision-making process for the final assessment: a short story author study....
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Study Guide for Hatchet Worksheet

Study Guide for Hatchet

4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Use this packet as a companion to your study of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The resource breaks the novel up into several chunks, and for each chunk provides activities, background information, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and response...
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The Call of the Wild: Jack London's Writing Style Lesson Plan

The Call of the Wild: Jack London's Writing Style

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Expand your pupils' understanding of the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London by looking at his style and artistic vision. Class members examine the text and find instances of naturalism, eventually discussing a quote by London about...
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Analysis Frame: Informational Nonfiction Printables & Template

Analysis Frame: Informational Nonfiction

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Picking apart an informational text can be tricky, but having the right questions to ask can certainly help the process. Begin with the basic questions about the topic, main idea, support, and purpose before moving on the the in-depth...
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To Inform Lesson Plan

To Inform

1st - 3rd
CCSS: Designed
Unfortunately, not all books are intended as entertainment, many are written to educate and inform readers. In the second lesson of this series, the teacher reads aloud the children's book Apples by Gail Gibbons, pointing out the...
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Distinguishing the Author’s Purpose Lesson Plan

Distinguishing the Author’s Purpose

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Designed
A big step in the development of children's reading comprehension skills is the ability to differentiate between the topic of a piece of writing and its purpose. The third lesson in this series presents learners with collections of short...
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To Entertain Lesson Plan

To Entertain

1st - 3rd
CCSS: Designed
We all love to be entertained by the books we read, but how do we as readers know if that is the author's true intent? The first lesson in this series begins with a class reading of the children's book The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra...
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To Persuade Lesson Plan

To Persuade

1st - 3rd
CCSS: Designed
Most young readers are aware that authors write to entertain or inform the audience, but it's also important for them to understand the art of persuasive writing. In the third lesson of this series, the teacher reads two letters to the...
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Identifying an Author’s Purpose Lesson Plan

Identifying an Author’s Purpose

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Designed
Throughout any piece of writing, words and phrases are used that provide the reader hints about the author's purpose. Teach young readers how to pick up on these clues as they learn to identify writing that entertains, informs, and...
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Identifying Author’s Purpose in a Newspaper Lesson Plan
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Identifying Author’s Purpose in a Newspaper

3rd - 5th
CCSS: Designed
Between news articles, editorials, and comic strips, many different types of writing are presented to readers in a newspaper. The first lesson in this series helps children make sense of all this information by teaching them the key...
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Identifying an Author’s Purpose - Part 2 Lesson Plan

Identifying an Author’s Purpose - Part 2

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Designed
The ability of young readers to cite textual evidence when discussing a piece of writing is essential to the development of their reading comprehension skills. The second lesson in this series allows learners to practice this technique...
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Express Yourself Lesson Seed 16: Author Activities & Project

Express Yourself Lesson Seed 16: Author

6th
CCSS: Designed
Your class has finished reading The Cay. Now what? Try out this idea, which invites learners to examine the author's values and how they relate to the novel. Pupils watch a quick video about the author and take notes in a provided...
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