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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Color Poems: Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four 50-minute lessons that ask students to use their five senses for poetry prewriting. In addition to student objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
Handout
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Dream in Color: Teacher Resources Glossary, Credits [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website contains a glossary with definitions of poetic terms and a bibliography of additional African-American poets and books and recommended reading.
eBook
Other

Poetry Archive: Little Orphant Annie

For Students K - 1st
Text of James Whitcomb Riley's popular poem, "Little Orphant Annie."
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Other

Kidz Korner: Sea Turtles for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides an extensive list of sea turtle sites and includes "Turtle Trax" coloring pages that younger students can print out to color.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Insect Theme Page

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Insect rhymes, crafts, coloring printouts, and quizzes are collected by Enchanted Learning. Color pictures, diagrams, and charts are included.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Maya Angelou's poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show poverty are green, and details...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Road Not Taken" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Text details related to sight are blue, time are red, and agency are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "What I Learned From the Incredible Hulk" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Aimee Nezhukumatathil's "What I Learned from the Incredible Hulk." allusions are blue, questions or pauses are red, and details that are liked or important...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Maples" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Judith Pordon's "Maples." Imagery is blue while personification is red and archetype is green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "We Shall Overcome" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Dr. Charles Tindley's "We Shall Overcome." Details showing emotions are blue while inferences are red, and meaningful repetition is green. Click on any word to see the...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Learning to Chunk" Visualization

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Roald Dahl's "Learning to Chunk." Details that show characterization are blue while details that appeal to visualization or the senses are red and questions...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Memoirs About Photographs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This review discusses Looking Back, a memoir written by Lois Lowry. The song "Photograph", performed by Nickelback, and "In Color" by Jamey Johnson, are suggested as sources to assist with extending the students' understanding of memoir....
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Alice Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on American writer Alice Walker whose novels, short stories, and poems are noted for their insightful treatment of African-American culture. Her novels, most notably The Color Purple (1982), focus particularly on...
Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages pupils to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked to...

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