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Reading Stories in Art
Learners study how artists tell stories using visual images by identifying and comparing elements of narrative (setting, characters, and plot) in a painting and a Greek vase.
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Indoor and Outdoor Patterns
Learners explore geometry by participating in a visual illustration activity. In this pattern identification lesson, students explore inside their classroom and discuss patterns they find while tracing them on paper. Learners attend an...
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Students read about Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge.
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Sketching Pyramids
Learners sketch and identify properties of pyramids. In this geometry lesson, students create nets to identify three dimensional shapes. They sketch cones, prisms and pyramids.
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Faces of a Cube
Learners identify and correctly name three-dimensional solids; cones, spheres, and cubes. In this three-dimensional figures lesson, students build a cube by matching colored square faces to a correct word. Learners then...
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Anti-social Behavior - A Topical Lesson From Learn.co.uk
Students discuss issues of crime, punishment, respect and responsibility,
and explore arguments about causes of crime and possible solutions, and write persuasive essays sharing their views.
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Rhythmic Movement
Students complete activities to learn about rhythm. In this rhythm and movement lesson, students role play a marching activity in groups. Students listen to music and move according to decorations. Students march in formations to learn...
Other
Book Page: A Talk With Eve Bunting
As the author of more than 150 books, Bunting has written something for every age group. At this site read about her many accomplishments in literature.
Other
Interview With Abe Neri
This is quite an interesting interview with the daughter of the famous Japanese writer, Abe Kobo. It is a translation, so the language doesn't flow as smoothly as it would in the original, but Neri talks about a lot of the influences in...
Other
Literature Circles: Lesson Plans and More
What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.
Other
Seattle University: Literature Circles Resource Center
How can you get started with literature circles in your classroom? This site provides information on every aspect of developing your own literature circle instruction.
ABC Bookworld
Bc Bookworld: Interview With Alice Munro by Alan Twigg
This is the transcript of a 1978 interview with Alice Munro where the author talks about her life and her work.
ABC Bookworld
Bc Bookworld: Interview With Susan Musgrave by Alan Twigg
In this 1980 interview with Susan Musgrave, the author talks about her poetry and her ideas about writing poetry.
ABC Bookworld
Bc Bookworld: Interview With w.p. Kinsella by Alan Twigg
This is the transcript of a 1982 interview with W.P. Kinsella where the author talks about his life, influential experiences and his work.
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Bc Bookworld: Interview #2 With w.p. Kinsella by Alan Twigg
This is the transcript of a 2006 interview with W.P. Kinsella where the author talks about his work adjudicating the Amazon/Books In Canada First Novel Contest, and issues around beginning novelists.
Other
Book Club Unit: A View From Saturday e.l. Konigsburg
This site has a list of web sites that can be used to support the book "The View from Saturday," by E.L. Konigsburg.
PBS
Border Talk: Luis J. Rodriguez
Interesting interviews with Rodriguez and others, produced by PBS. There are extensive links from this page to a whole group of resources around the border theme.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center
And the Beat Goes On
In this article, the author talks about her adopted son, John, who has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Read about the struggles she has experienced in raising him and learn about the problems John has overcome, despite his physical and...
Other
Book Club Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Explore this comprehensive book club lesson plan for "The Watsons Go to Brimingham-- 1963," by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Other
Book Page: Judith Viorst: All in the Family
An interview with Judith Viorst. In it, she talks about how her book Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days evolved from the tumultuous experience of having her now grown son Alexander, his wife, and...
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Kirkus Media: Judith Viorst
An interview with Judith Viorst where she talks about her children's book Lulu Walks the Dogs. She describes how she created the character Lulu and her admiration of her illustrator, Lane Smith. She also talks about the impact her book...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Ralph Ellison
This site offers a biography with a photo of Ellison and a video entitled "The Novel: Ralph Ellison on Work in Progress 1966" [28:56]. It also has links to seven of his books.
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Elijah Muhammad
This site describes the role of Elijah Muhammad as the "Messenger of Allah." It includes a picture, a video [20:38] of a rare interview with Muhammad, and a link to one of Elijah Muhammad's books, 100 Answers to the Most Common 100...