Reading Rockets: Summer Reading
Reading Rockets offers a wide variety of summer reading resources, from booklists and parent tips to a webcast and information about summer loss.
Reading Rockets: Teaching Plot Structure with Picture Books
Use picture books to teach young writers how to organize plot logically. This article includes examples of basic plot structures, along with picture books that use those structures.
Reading Rockets: Video Interviews with Childrens' Authors
Reading Rockets shares exclusive video interviews with more than sixty renowned children's book authors and illustrators such as Tomie dePaola, Walter Dean Myers, Lois Lowry, and Nikki Giovanni.
Reading Rockets: Writing Webcast
Reading Rockets webcast featuring Dr. Steven Graham, Dr. Louisa Moats, and Dr. Susan Neuman.
ReadWriteThink.org
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation.
ReadWriteThink: Comic Creator
ReadWriteThink offers a variety of fun, interactive writing activities, including the Comic Creator. Students can fill in comics with their own words and storylines.
ReadWriteThink: Creating Timelines of a Life
Here teachers will find a well-planned lesson designed to guide students in creating a timeline about the life of a famous person.
ReadWriteThink: Earth Day
Related lesson plans and websites for Earth Day, including history of the holiday and the Ecology Hall of Fame.
ReadWriteThink: Examining Electronic Sources
Lesson plans designed to teach students how to evaluate electronic sources.
ReadWriteThink: Paying Attention to Technology
Lesson plans designed to get students thinking about the technologies they may take for granted.
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Web Resources
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