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K-W-L - A Strategy for Learning
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): inquiry (35), inventors and inventions (89)
In the Classroom
If you're not familiar KWL, this is a great starting point.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Music is Poetry - TeachersFirst
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): poetry (195)
In the Classroom
This unit conforms to Florida language arts standards. Technology options include using an interactive whiteboard, or an online whiteboard such as Draw.Chat.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TeachersFirst's Reading List Collection - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): book lists (161), reading lists (76)
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Try using these lists with your reluctant readers; there are dozens of possibilities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Lifetime Reading List - TeachersFirst
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): reading lists (76)
In the Classroom
Share this list with students as a challenge, and make the link available on your class web page. Consider conducting a year-long independent reading challenge, asking students to read from this list and create their choice of media "advertisement" or critique of the book using one of the many tool options in the TeachersFirst Edge. Ask students to generate a personal goal "Lifetime Reading" or "Book Bucket List" and share it in their own creative way.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story- Time Stands Still - Yale University
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): romeo & juliet (7), shakespeare (98)
In the Classroom
Have students work in small groups to compare the main conflicts in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story. Students can create a Venn diagram with the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here showing similarities and differences between the rival families in Shakespeare's play and the rival gangs in the musical. Ask students to rewrite a short scene from Romeo and Juliet orWest Side Story in a modern setting, such as a school, a neighborhood, or a sports rivalry. Students can perform their scenes for the class or record them as short videos. Lead a class discussion about themes such as prejudice, loyalty, family expectations, and love. Ask students to identify examples of these themes in the stories and then connect them to modern life, news events, or other books they have readAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Medieval Food, Banquets, and Feasts - Springfield k12
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): elizabethan (12), medieval (38), shakespeare (98)
In the Classroom
If you teach World History, this is the perfect site to get some extra ideas to make your unit more interesting for your students. In the blog, you will find information about Eleanor of Aquitaine, Castles Gardens, Saint George the Dragon Slayer, and others. If you have weak readers in the class, you may want to use Read Ahead, reviewed here to create a guided reading activity for the blog articles. Enhance learning by having small groups of students choose a topic from the blog for further investigaion and then report about it to the other groups using Genially, reviewed here where students can choose their type of multimedia presentation. Have you heard about the novel A Proud Taste for Scarlett and Miniver, the life story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (who married two kings and gave birth to two kings) by E.L. Konisburg? It is a perfect fit to add historical fiction to your history classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Mysticism of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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1 to 12tag(s): literature (214)
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Mark Twain at Large - His travels here and abroad
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6 to 12tag(s): literature (214), mark twain (9)
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National Steinbeck Center
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): literature (214), museums (55)
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Poe - Qrisse's POE Page
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): biographies (96), literature (214)
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Use Timeline JS, reviewed here to create a timeline of Poe's life. Have students use Gimkit, reviewed here to create their own quiz on Poe.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gary Paulsen
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6 to 12tag(s): biographies (96), literature (214)
In the Classroom
Have students use Timelines Tool by Read Write Think, reviewed here to create a timeline of Paulen's life. Students can use 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here to compare and contrast his work. Bookmark this site for your student's papers and projects on young adult writer Gary Paulsen and his works.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Henry James Scholar's Guide
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6 to 12tag(s): literature (214)
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Jim Henson - Univ. of Mississippi
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6 to 12tag(s): biographies (96), movies (52)
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Bookmark this site for your student's papers and projects on Jim Henson, the creator of the muppets.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Voices from the Gaps
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (129), women (189)
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Although vague, there are some great classroom ideas on incorporating this site and its' basic concepts into a literature classroom. This would be a great resource for a literature teacher working on expanding upon the variety of authors read in their classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Timeline of American Literature - Dr. Donna Campbell, Washington State University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): literature (214)
In the Classroom
Use the author biographies as the basis for student research reports on specific authors. One creative assignment is to have students research a specific author and "create" a social media page, using an approved platform, including blog posts and references to the author's works. Students could include information about the author within their profile and even relate the author to their peers by listing a few of their "friends." A great way to get students interested in the authors and relate it to something they're very familiar with.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Sherlockian Holmepage - Michigan State University (Originally University of Waterloo)
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6 to 12tag(s): literature (214), mysteries (27)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and recommend this site for your students preparing papers and/or projects on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lewis, C.S. - Into the Wardrobe
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
a fun way to introduce students to who CS Lewis is and what he wrote.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia - Alexis Barquin
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6 to 12tag(s): literature (214)
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Take a picture walk across the decades. Bookmark this site for the complete text of many Sherlock Holmes stories as well as links to other sites about the great detective.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BBC News - BBC
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): news (223)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for current events projects - assign students various weeks through out the semester in which they are to be the class news reporter, keeping their peers up to date and informed. Have students research whats going on via this news site, and present a small presentation at the beginning of class every day during their week. Students can either orally present, or for the technologically inclined, create a short video summarizing the same information. Have students create news briefs and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ABC News - ABC news
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6 to 12tag(s): news (223), newspapers (87)
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Use this site as a resource for current events projects - assign students various weeks throughout the semester in which they are to be the class news reporter, keeping their peers up to date and informed. Have students research what's going on via this news site and present a small presentation at the beginning of class every day during their week. Students can either orally present, or for the technologically inclined, create a short video summarizing the same information. Have students create news briefs and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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