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Read Write Think: Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Contains plans for two lessons about circular stories like those of Laura Joffe Numeroff, who is known for the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Students read stories with circular plots as models before composing their own. In...
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Read Write Think: Recognizing Readers? Needs and Expectations for E Mail Replies
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about using e-mail as well as literary concepts like audience awareness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to analyze the characters in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis in order to prepare for a press conference. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans...
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Read Write Think: A Bad Case of Bullying: Using Literature Response Groups
Contains plans for three lessons that use "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon to start student discussion in literature response groups and to prevent bullying. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
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Read Write Think: Freedom of Speech and Automatic Language
Contains plans for four lessons that use the "Pledge of Allegiance" to discuss the concepts of freedom of speech and automatic language. Ties in well with novels that deal with First Amendment rights such as Laurie Halse Anderson's...
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Read Write Think: Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts
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Read Write Think: Word Study With Henry and Mudge
Contains plans for six second or third grade lessons that use "Henry and Mudge: The First Book" by Cynthia Rylant to teach high-frequency spelling words, base words, the past tense marker -ed, phonemic patterns, predicting, and...
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Read Write Think: Developing Comprehension Using
Contains plans for three lessons that use the book "Thank You, Mr. Falker" by Patricia Polacco to teach making predictions and personal connections, as well as understanding the themes of the book. In addition to objectives and...
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Read Write Think: Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
Contains plans for five lessons that use the book "Long Night Moon" by Cynthia Rylant to teach young scholars about circular plot structure. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to resources...
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Read Write Think: Opening the Door for Reading
This lesson plan explores opportunities to build connections and community within the classroom based on shared favorite texts. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Read Write Think: Characters In
Contains plans for five lessons for the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. Young scholars create lists of ten to summarize the features of characters. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Read Write Think: Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us
This very detailed lesson plan includes readings, discussion questions, handouts, interactives and a rubric, all aimed at helping students construct a themed memoir while documenting the artistic process they used to create it.
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Read Write Think: A Schema Building Study With Patricia Polacco
Contains plans for five lessons that use "Chicken Sunday" and "Rechenka's Eggs" by Patricia Polacco to teach second- through fourth-grade students vocabulary and reading comprehension. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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Read Write Think: Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to read, compare, and contrast different versions of fairy tales in order to explore age-appropriateness and formats of texts. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
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Read Write Think: Comprehending Nonfiction Text on the Web
Contains plans for three lessons designed to improve comprehension of nonfiction, especially nonfiction texts on the web. It focuses on identifying text features, locating specific information, and generalizing that information. In...
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Read Write Think: Walt Whitman as a Model Poet ?I Hear My School Singing?
Contains plans for two lessons that use Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" as a model for learners to compose their own pieces about the school community. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Read Write Think: The Ab Cs of Poetry
Contains plans for a poetry lesson that asks learners to write poems after brainstorming metaphors and other ideas as a group. Ideas are groups by different themes, like letters of the alphabet. In addition to objectives and standards,...
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Read Write Think: Student Led Book Clubs Using Qar
Contains plans for lessons that use the Question-Answer Relationships (QAR) strategy in book discussion groups. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Read Write Think: Stairway to Heaven Examining Metaphor in Popular Music
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to make connections between literary texts and popular culture texts like song lyrics. After checking popular culture texts for literary elements, these elements are then examined in...
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Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative Creating a New Book Cover
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to create new book covers as an alternative to the traditional book report. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Read Write Think: Judging a Book by Its Cover Art and Imagery of the Great Gatsby
Contains plans for four or five lessons that relate the cover art and a painting referenced within the text to the content of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
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Read Write Think: Character Analysis Through Job Placement
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to write resumes and interview questions for characters in Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie," although the lessons can be easily adapted to other works as well. In addition to...
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Read Write Think: Searching for Gold: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to research the Gold Rush before teaching each other about it. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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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...