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After finishing Mildred D. Taylor&rsquo;s <em>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</em>, reflect on T.J. Avery&rsquo;s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: The Trial of T.J. Avery

Students will use an excerpt from the book The Secret Agent Training Manual: How to Make and Break Top Secret Messages by Elizabeth Singer Hunt to study paragraph structure.

Studying Paragraphs

Students will then popular upper grade novel titles and determine the strategies those authors used to grab readers' attention.

A Mighty Title

It’s fun to think about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about what they need to learn in order to make their dreams come true.

What Will You Study?

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

Hook Your Reader!

When students finish reading Jim Murphy&rsquo;s <em>The Great Fire</em>, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Book Study: The Great Fire: What Went Wrong?

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Figurative Language in Context #1

Study the anatomy of the brain and the functions of the corpus callosum. Research split brain surgery and its impact on advances in neuroscience.

Split Brain Research

If young writers can learn how to write a solid paragraph, then they have the building blocks of an essay. In this lesson, students will study paragraph structure and practice organizing ideas into paragraphs.  

Paragraphs That POP!

Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.

Interesting Introductions

Help your students learn how to move smoothly between ideas and paragraphs using transition words and phrases. Young writers will use real texts as mentors as they study how authors use words to transition between ideas and support their claims. As a result, they will have a word bank to use in their own writing. 

Transition Word Hunter

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they&#39;re sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.

Cat Comics: Jam Session

It&#39;s a scene that needs a kid&#39;s finishing touch to be complete. Can your child finish the comic strip?

Finish the Comic Strip

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

Crafting Voice in Narrative Writing

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

Flipchart: I SHAMPOO C

Fully adaptable, this lesson can be used to to highlight African American leaders, famous women, veterans, or any other group of individuals who have acted heroically and have positively influenced our nation!

Activist Heroes

Once students have selected a topic related to a piece of literature they have read and mapped out their argument, this lesson will help them turn their prewriting into an essay. 

Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Paint Like Jackson Pollock!

The objective of this science fair project idea is to explore which brands of "anti-fade" shampoos work the best to keep hair color looking fresh.

What Shampoos Do the Best Job of Keeping the Color in Dyed Hair?

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and discuss the author's point and the information that supports it. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the What’s the Point? lesson.

Match Author's Point with Evidence

The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practice crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running! 

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

2011 VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR ENTRY: The objective of this science fair project is to develop a microcontroller and circuit that can conduct electricity.

World's First Energy-Saving Microcontroller Powered Generator

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine whether Green Bags, with or without refrigeration, are most effective in preserving food.

Do Green Bags Really Work to Preserve Food?

Look for correlation between pH values of commercial soaps and detergents and manufacturer claims about eye irritation hazards.

Don't Get Soap in Your Eye!

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.  

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

This winter-themed lesson plan, which incorporates the book *Tree of Cranes* by Allen Say, teaches students about Japanese traditions and customs. They will review the basic elements of a narrative story, and then write their own narratives about a special event or moment in their life.

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