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Luminarium: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Content includes an introduction to the text, three versions of the full text, numerous essays and articles which explore the text, and other resources.
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Wizzlewolf's Webpage for Beginning Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Is this your first year teaching? Here are tricks of the trade that are helpful to know. Includes tips on management, discipline, lesson plans for all grades and subjects and more! This is your complete survival guide!
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Visiting Relatives Prompt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This review discusses Ralph Fletcher's book entitled Marshfield Dreams and Cynthia Rylant's book called The Relatives Came. The author suggests that these books be used as mentor texts. In the suggested activity, learners will engage in...
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Writing Fix: Serendipitous Character Names & Powerful Opening Paragraphs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan, Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the introductory paragraph of the mentor text and its sequel. Then students will use an interactive button to select a...
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Writing Fix: Self Portraits: "I Come From" Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant Mentor and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox are used as mentor texts to help young scholars realize what are important in the characters' lives and in their...
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Writing Fix: Tail Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur Mentor, Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli, and Henry & The Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall are used as mentor texts. Students will practice their acrostic skills on the tail...
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Writing Fix: Serendipitous Crazy Illustrations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, Flotsam, written by David Wiesner, is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will analyze the author's use of crazy illustrations and word choices. Students will then use a game on this web site where they will click to...
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Writing Fix: Airplane Flight Sentences

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, Robert Burleigh's picture book entitled Flight is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Learners will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share...
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Writing Fix: Creepy Crawly Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, the picture book entitled Toad, written by Ruth Brown, is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will...
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Writing Fix: Action Packed Rain Forest Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Jane Yolen's Welcome to the Greenhouse is used as a mentor text. Students will record their favorite verbs from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use interactive...
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Writing Fix: Action Packed Ocean Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
For this lesson, Andrew Clement's awesome picture book, Big Al is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will record their favorite verbs from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix: Action Packed Zoo Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, If I Ran the Zoo, written by Dr. Seuss, is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
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Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Desert Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Brooke Bessesen's picture book, Look Who Lives in the Desert!: Bouncing and Pouncing, Hiding and Gliding, Sleeping and Creeping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the...
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Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Mall Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Eileen Christelow's picture book, Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the...
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Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Recess Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Hooway for Wodney Watby, written by Helen Lester, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, young scholars will use click the buttons with the words "Who",...
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Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Sports Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, Hoops, written by Robert Burleigh, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When",...
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Writing Fix: Bird Verb Poems

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, the mentor text entitled Birds, written by Kevin Henkes, is used. Students will do the art link included on the site first. Then students will work as a class to record verbs found in the mentor text. Then students will...
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Writing Fix: Summarizing Mathematical Learning With the Important Book

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is used as a mentor text. Students will create an illustrated paragraph about a particular math topic. Students will use the mentor text and attempt to adapt the author's...
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Writing Fix: Writing a Roundabout Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text to highlight the trait of organization. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight that authors' story structures can be imitated. Story...
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Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the instructional activity is to highlight what topics cannot do. Learners...
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Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Circus Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Dr. Seuss' book, If I Ran the Zoo, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After reading the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When", and "Where" until...
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Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Sci Girls

For Students 9th - 10th
SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math - or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of...
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Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Comparison & Contrast Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars examine multiple mentor texts to help drive them toward the final persuasive writing assignment: comparison and contrast poems written from a parent and a child's perspective. A short story, two poems, and...

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