A learning module that teaches students about using text features to guide reading in three mini lessons: Engaging with Text, Literary Think-Aloud, and Informational Think-Aloud. Download a PDF with lesson plans and printable handouts...

This article provides tips for using nonfiction with guided reading and independent reading. The following strategies are shared: ways to help kids select "just right" nonfiction books; lessons to use with nonfiction in guided reading...

Contains plans for two lessons that examine different translations of "Beowulf" in order to study the nature of translation and examine the verse structure of the original text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

Online lesson introduces students to the concept of self-questioning, assisting them in an understanding of question-answer relationships that should improve their reading comprehension skills. In-depth study will lead to improved...

Using Giovanni's poem as a springboard, these lessons guide students through an autobiographical writing exercise. Includes multimedia and interactive elements.

Contains plans for four to five 50-minute lessons about analyzing political cartoons. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as...

Lesson introduces students to comprehension of knowing how words work. Students learn semantic feature analysis and examine folktales, myths, and fables using this analysis to better understand these terms and texts.

This lesson introduces learners to the comprehension strategy of evaluating. Students learn this strategy through the "meeting of the minds" technique that teaches them to act out opposing views of two or more characters.

Lesson that introduces young scholars to the comprehension technique of summarizing. Students learn using the QuIP (questions into paragraphs) method which involves organizing information and putting it in writing.

Analogy questions ask you to identify a situation that is analogous to the one described in the passage. Principle questions ask you to identify the principle that is at work. This guide offers tips on how to recognize and respond to...

Online activity introduces students to the concept of monitoring. Students learn the INSERT technique, which allows them to monitor their thinking and comprehension using a coding system.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...

An overview and guide for reviewing the parts of a book cover. Designed to be read in conjunction with ReadWriteThink's other lesson titled "Book Cover Creator." Includes links and an interactive tool/game.

Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses A Picture Book of George Washington by David A. Adler to teach students what biography is and why the subjects of biographies are important people. Ideas for direct teaching, guided...

This lesson focuses on how to write a literary criticism, the different theories and approaches to literary criticism, and their standard format.

Contains plans for eight lessons that ask middle schoolers to put characters from a work of literature on trial. This lesson uses Shakespeare's "The Tempest" as an example, but this concept can be applied to other works as well. In...

Students will have an opportunity to create memorials at the World Trade Center site to commemorate the September 11th attacks. Come and check it out.

Reviews of 26 Japanese movies that each include a list of suggested reading materials, plot summary, suggested grades, and a brief lesson plan. They are organized into two groups: one for students of literature and the humanities, and...

Resource provides a description, questions, essay topics, lesson plans, biographies, and notes guide a reading of Sun, Stone, and , Shadows, a compilation of short stories by twentieth-century Mexican authors Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz,...

Guide to Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics....

In this comprehensive unit, students launch their learning about birds by using informational texts. As students read these texts, they build background knowledge and develop their skills as readers of informational texts. Included are...

Some questions ask you to identify which scenario matches the principle in a passage. This type of question asks you to apply a principle or idea presented in the passage to a new context presented in the choices.

There are two kinds of additional evidence questions on the LSAT: strengthening evidence and weakening evidence. This article describes strategies for answering these types of questions along with examples.