The various genres and subgenres are presented to the students using a video and presentation, and use of examples of several fiction, non-fiction, and poetry books. Then, using a mixed-genre set of books, and the notes they took during the presentation, students will identify the genres represented in each set.After students finish reading a book independently, they will use what they learned from the presentation to identify the book's genre in their book reviews for their ELA teacher.

A curriculum unit of three lessons in which students explore Hopi place names, poetry, song, and traditional dance to better understand the ways Hopi people connect with the land and environment through language. The unit is centered on the practice of growing corn. Students make inferences about language, place, and culture and also look closely at their own home environment and landscape to understand the places, language, and songs that give meaning to cultures and communities

This lesson prompts students to think about a poem's speaker within the larger context of modernist poetry. First, students will review the role of the speaker in two poems of the Romanticism period before focusing on the differences in Wallace Stevens' modernist"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.

In this lesson, students closely examine Dickinson's poem "There's a certain slant of light" in order to understand her craft. Students explore different components of Dickinson's poetry and then practice their own critical and poetry writing skills in an emulation exercise. Finally, in the spirit of Dickinson's correspondences, students will exchange their poems and offer informed critiques of each others' work.

A look at the history of libraries and the difference it makes in the world.

Children will discuss why we have libraries and how we should act in a library.

Through an orientation for students, they will understand the basics of the library layout and how to utilize search computers efficiently to find books and information.

This lesson is designed to be used as a library orientation generally done in conjunction with Ninth Grade English teachers and their classes.

The Paper Circuits can be used to make light up cards. They teach youth circuitry and electronics.

Reading Progress in Teams is an app that supports students in building fluency through independent reading practice, educator review, and educator insights.

Pete the cat is having a slumber party with the gang, but they are not respecting his wishes to just go to sleep. How do you think he'll make his friends be quiet so that he can catch some Z's?

Behind many of the apparently simple stories of Robert Frost's poems are unexpected questions and mysteries. In this lesson, students analyze what speakers include or omit from their narrative accounts, make inferences about speakers' motivations, and find evidence for their inferences in the words of the poem.

Fluency is developed as students read, reread and memorize poems. Students will present poems to the class.

In this lesson students will complete a reading survey to Students will become aware of their Reader Identity - reading preferences, habits, strengths, weaknesses, and attitudes.

In this lesson there will be books placed on tables around the library with questionnaires for students to answer in the format of "speed dating" to help students choose a book matching their interests and reading level.

In this lesson students will learn how to present a book talk, and prepare to give a book talk.

The students will reread familiar text to develop fluency. They will practice reading with accuracy, speed, and appropriate intonation.

Before reading, set a purpose for reading informational text by turning the title and subtitles into questions.

In episode 7 of Some Good Education News, we finally give both school and local libraries the shout-outs they deserve! Host Katie Blunt gets the inside scoop on how big of an impact the Salt Lake County Library system has had on our local community. Find out how you can use their services and more!