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Activating Prior Knowledge

A complete collection of resources for applying this critical reading strategy Help your students be good readers with…

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Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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Summer Reading (Grades 6-8)

Variety of genres and interesting activities for all reading levels Help your students retain the reading skills the…

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Science

Earth Science

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Identify Story Elements Lesson

The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…

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Reading

Literature

Language Arts and Writing

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Poetry Lessons & Activities: Gallery of Worksheets (Grades 6-8)

Poetry lesson plans for Grades 6-8. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and reading…

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Reading

Poetry

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ACTIVITIES

Story Quilts

Students will create a quilt that tells a story. This is a great arts & crafts activity that also ties in creative…

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Reading and Literature

Storytelling

Arts and Crafts

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 1

Week 1: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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African-American Scientists: A Comprehensive Social Media Account Project

In this project, students will research a notable African-American scientist and then create a social media account for…

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Scientists

Science Activities and Experiments

Science

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 19

Week 19: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Emotion Similes Writing Project

Examples of emotion similes, and a writing project for using them Learn about how to convey emotion in written…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Creative Writing

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A comprehensive multi-day lesson plan for teaching an opinion essay

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Opinion Writing Lesson Plan: Gender Equality

This 2-3 class period unit includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, and a rubric for assessment. In the unit, students…

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Language Arts and Writing

Essays

Reading and Literature

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Types of Poetry

Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Poetry

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Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan

Students learn about the concept of scale and other mapping skills by creating a floor plan of Hogwarts School.

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Reading and Literature

Literature

Teaching Harry Potter

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Metaphor Unit Poems

Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Literary Style and Techniques

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Readers Theatre

Readers Theatre is an oral reading activity that invites children to become the characters in favorite books and…

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Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Theater

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Write a Harry Potter Script

Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 11

Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Listening to Poems While Reading Along

Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Authors

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Can You Hear a Story?

Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical composition that reflects and…

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Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Music

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Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web

Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is different from reading…

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Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

Reading

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BOOK GUIDES

Sign of the Beaver

Sign of the Beaver, written by Elizabeth George, is a timeless story about a boy in eighteenth-century Maine helped to…

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Reading and Literature

Fiction

Native-American History (American Indians)

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Inaugural Poetry

Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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GAMES AND APPS

Make a Harry Potter Board Game

Students improve their reading comprehension by making and creating a board game based upon the Harry Potter books.

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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Readers Theater Sample Script

This sample script can be used as a basis for a Readers Theater production.

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Reading and Literature

Literary Drama

Theater

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