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Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative: A Character?s Letter to the Editor
Contains plans for four 50-minute lessons that ask middle schoolers to write letters to the editor from the points of view of characters in books they have read. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative Creating a Childhood for a Character
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to create childhoods for characters in books they have read. This lesson uses Jane Yolen's "Merlin and the Dragons" as an example, but this book report alternative can be used with a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Hot Dog" Book Reports
Learners will use a Makes Sense Strategies Think-sheet to learn to identify the characters, setting, main idea and details of a book read. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Lisbon School District: Digital Book Reports and Research Projects
Students in Grades 2, 3, and 4 researched wild animals and a person in American history. They wrote and presented reports and created movies. This page presents three examples of their digital book reports in video format.
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: Remember Your First Book?
Article reports on the importance of early reading with children.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to objectives...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Appreciation of Literature Through Newbery Books
Students will select a Newbery Medal Award book to read. They will complete one of three projects to reflect understanding of the chosen book. Their projects will be presented to the class in an effort to entice other students to read...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative: The Elements of Fiction
Analyzing a book takes the form of creating their own when students complete this activity. The stated goal is to help students "Read like writers." Includes link to a template for student use.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Research Paper Strategies
Students use picture books in this lesson to find ideas for research paper topics and structures. Through the use of these resources, students are able to shape content in a much more meaningful way.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating Careers for Characters
Interactive lesson plan which allows students to actually "become" a character in a story they have read. Students analyze and evaluate their character, and extend the activity into choosing a career for that character.
A&E Television
History.com: What Physics Reveals About the Jfk Assassination
A study suggests the "grassy knoll" JFK assassination theory is bogus. "The President's reactions just after the projectile impact were physically consistent with a gunshot wound caused by a high-energy Carcano military rifle bullet...
FNO Press
From Now On: The Research Cycle, 2000
Excellent site from From Now On for students who are assigned research papers and need to begin finding and reading material. Part of a book, the site gives information on questioning, evaluating, planning, gathering, sorting,...
Library of Congress
Loc: George Washington Papers
Largest collection of original Washington documents in the world, George Washington Papers collection from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 65,000 documents. Document types include...
PBS
Bill Moyers Journal: Al Qaeda and Iraq
A thorough examination of the connections between Al Qaeda and the ongoing war in Iraq through interviews with highly respected experts. Also provides video, links to numerous reports and books on the subject, and a forum for responses....
National Institutes of Health
Profiles in Science: The Oswald T. Avery Collection
The Osward T. Avery Collection is a library of collected material spanning the entire life of Osward T. Avery. The materials include published articles and books, laboratory notes, correspondence, speeches, official reports, photographs,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Balanced Diet
In this lesson, 2nd graders will learn about the components of a balanced diet. Students will analyze charts and then self-report their own foods in categories. Several fiction and nonfiction books are listed as additional resources.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Smear Campaign
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular instructional activity students learn how to summarize properly.
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