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Curated OER

Past v. Present: Using Geography & Anthropology

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine artifacts and documents from their Canadian community. They analyze early Canadian history and make predictions about the future of the country.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Recreate Our World To Make It Better

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine art by artist by Tom Rollins. They discuss the painting and what it means to them. They create their own models of apartment complexes based on ideas from literature.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Novel That Confronts Bullying in Schools

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a multisession lesson, students read The Bully in stages, discuss the story events and issues related to bullying, and complete graphic organizers to help them organize story information. As students read, they write reflective...
Unit Plan
Other

Novelinks: Reading Strategies: A Day No Pigs Would Die

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource presents PDF formatted pages of lessons and handouts to supplement the novel. It includes everything from thematic activities, to reading level measures, to games, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Pride and Predjudice Chapter One

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, students read the chapter and work through multiple choice questions that get at various reading skills and strategies. Based on the results, the teacher...
Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
Texts of several poems, two novels, and a book on mathematics, by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The poems include favorites such as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter." The texts can be read online or downloaded...
Lesson Plan
New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will gather, select, record, interpret, and present information on survivors and their survival strategies gained from reading the novel Hatchet and true life survival biographies. They will produce a piece of comparative...
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Other

Study guide.org: Writing an Approach Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
This study tutorial shows how to do an "approach paper" concerning novels read in class. This web page explains the assignment and offers a sample approach for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Assessing Theme

For Teachers 6th Standards
This is an introductory lesson on the concept of theme. Students choose two words that sum up the theme of the novel "So B. It" by Sarah Weeks. They then analyze a passage to find evidence of their choices and create a theme map. They...