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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

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active reading: A manner of reading in which the reader is mentally engaged with a text and reads for comprehension and criticism as well as reads selectively and with a purpose.
sustained silent reading: A period of uninterrupted silent reading in the classroom, typically from fifteen to thirty minutes.

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Portrait of a reader: Ben: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.2; A fourth-grade teacher uses running records to uncover individual strengths and needs in a new student's reading.; By Jeanne Gunther.

Celebrating the freedom to read: Banned Books Week teaches the importance of our First Amendment rights and draws attention to the danger of restricting information in a free society.; By Melissa Thibault.

Features of print: In this lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of gathering information from chapter headings, bold type and other organizational features of print (such as tables of contents) in non-fiction texts in print and online.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Gail Goodling, Susan Lovett, and Sue Versenyi.

Choosing books that are just right: This teacher research study examines how students select books for independent reading and how teachers can help them make choices more appropriate to their reading levels.; By Melinda Parks.

Reading is for the boys (and girls)!: This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."; Format: article; By Kimberly Bowen.

Don't put it down, put it up!: In a fifth grade classroom based around projects, everything has its place. This classroom profile shows you the design and purpose of Debra Harwell-Braun's fifth-grade classroom.; By Kathleen Casson.

The secret cultural institution in your school: The school library: A variety of best practices and imaginative ideas that the school librarian can use to create an environment where students fuse together required learning with learning that is driven by individual interest.; By Kim Campbell.

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Book clubs: Reading for fun: This student-organized, student-driven reading experience builds community in the classroom and encourages students to read independently, taking responsibility for their literacy learning. After being introduced to book clubs, students choose a book to... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

A daily DEAR program: Drop everything and read!: This lesson that promotes self-selected reading for students in grades 3–5, gives the teacher a structured time to touch base with each student over a period of time, assess progress, and target instruction. During this daily reading period, students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Literature Circles: Getting started: This lesson serves as an introduction to the use of literature circles in the elementary classroom. Readwritethink offers a workshop-style lesson and a tool-kit for teachers who are using this collaborative reading strategy for the first time. Students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Expository escapade-Detective's handbook: In this lesson, students combine reading the detective fiction genre with expository writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Literature circles with primary students using self-selected reading: This lesson from ReadWriteThink is a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students. It is especially appropriate for mixed-age and upper primary classes, or... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Choosing one word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein's “Sick”: In this lesson, teachers challenge students to select the most important word in a Shel Silverstein poem and to justify their choice by using examples from the text. Although this lesson uses a poem as a sample text, this activity can be done with a piece... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Inferring how and why characters change: In this lesson, the teacher models how to evaluate the methods and reasons characters change in literature. Students learn to consider the underlying reasons why the character has changed and how to support those inferences with evidence from the text.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Weaving the multigenre web: In this lesson, students read novels, analyze the literary elements, and create a multigenre project to present information to their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

That's not fair! Examining civil liberties with the U.S. Supreme Court: In this lesson, high school students work in collaborative groups to explore the issue of civil liberties by conducting Internet research on related court cases of their choosing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Book report alternative: Creating a childhood for a character: In this lesson, students examine the character traits of an adult character in a book they have read, create a childhood for the character, and describe that childhood in the form of a short story, journal entry, or time capsule letter. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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