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        <title><![CDATA[Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Rosa Parks was committed to the struggle for social justice and human rights until her death, inspiring millions of people around the world. Today, we celebrate her!]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Read Across America Day: Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Bring the celebration of reading and literacy into your classroom, library, school, and home all year long.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[TeenTober?!?  Learn about this month-long celebration.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[TeenTober is a nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens, promote year-round teen services and the innovative ways teen services helps teens learn new skills, and fuel their passions in and outside the library.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Today is D.E.A.R. Day!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate National Library Week!]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Analyzing the Rhetoric of Corporate Logos across Time]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students think critically about how design elements in logos work together to tell a changing story about a company or product in this visual rhetoric lesson.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Scott Filkins</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Developing Critical Consciousness through Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of their study of the YA novel The Hate U Give, students learn about the Black Lives Matter movement and in small groups conduct/share research about social issues key to the plot, characters, and themes of the book. They then read and discuss nonfiction excerpts by James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates before synthesizing their understanding of all the texts under study through a communal idea poster and an individual synthesis and reflection project.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Scott Filkins</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate Louise Erdrich's birthday today.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students watch a short video about Erdrich's love of books and write their own memory piece.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was born today in 1872.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students read one of Dunbar's most famous poems and explore how critical excerpts shape their understanding.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comparing William Carlos Williams's Poetry with Cubist Paintings]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Through discussion, drawing, and writing, students compare how William Carlos Williams's poetry and Cubist and Precisionist painting employ similar artistic strategies, enhancing their understanding of both kinds of text.  ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Bruce Goebel</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Teacher Appreciation Week honors our teachers.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, students read a book about a teacher and follow up with an activity related to the book using the Venn Diagram, Letter Generator, Story Map, or Essay Map.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA["Three Stones Back": Using Informational Text to Enhance Understanding of Ball Don't Lie]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students engage in a close reading of a passage from Matt de la Pena's novel Ball Don't Lie before researching important background information to assess the accuracy of the claims made by a character.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Scott Filkins</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sandra Cisneros was born today in 1954.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students choose a small aspect of their lives to develop into a story, poem, or brief essay inspired by Cisneros' work.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Developing Citizenship Through Rhetorical Analysis]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students analyze rhetorical strategies in online editorials, building knowledge of strategies and awareness of local and national issues. This lesson teaches students connections between subject, writer, and audience and how rhetorical strategies are used in everyday writing.
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        <dc:creator>Marcea K. Seible</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Constitution Day is observed today in the U.S.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students explore an annotated online version of the Constitution before sharing what they learned about one aspect of the document through the Trading Card interactive.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Time Magazine launches its "Tom Swifty" contest today in 1963.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students have fun with language by creating a special kind of pun with its origin in a literary source.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest through a Postcolonial Lens]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students take a postcolonial perspective on the portrayal of Caliban from Shakespeare's The Tempest by comparing it to a modern adaptation of the play.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Amy Williams</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Labor Day honors the labor movement in the United States.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Marked by parades, picnics, and other celebrations, Labor Day is a time set aside to recognize the achievements of the American labor movement and the dignity in all work.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vocabulary Solutions: A Mixture of Science, Conversation, and Writing]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In this lesson, students conduct a science experiment and later discuss the events of the lab during shared writing.  Students explain the procedure in their own words and then revise to include content specific vocabulary.  Finally, students reflect on new words added to their writing using the Trading Card Creator interactive.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>David Brown</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Hero's Journey]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students can use this mobile app to learn about the elements of the hero's journey, analyze a text that follows the hero's journey pattern, or start creating a hero story of their own. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Word Matrix]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/word-matrix-a-31103.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this mobile app that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Fact Fragment Frenzy]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/fact-fragment-frenzy-a-31104.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Fact Fragment Frenzy provides elementary and intermediate students with an interactive model for finding facts in nonfiction text; then invites students to find facts in five sample passages.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Cover Creator]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/cover-creator-b-31190.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate covers for a variety of media.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Profile Publisher]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/profile-publisher-b-31191.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Use the Profile Publisher to draft profiles for self or other characters.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Stapleless Book]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Stapleless Book app is designed to allow users to create with ease an eight-page book simply by folding and cutting. Students can choose from several different layouts for the pages of their books.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Postcard Creator]]></title>

        <link>http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/mobile-apps/postcard-creator-b-31193.html</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Postcard Creator walks students through the full production of a postcard.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[RWT Flip Book]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The Flip Book app is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrate Digital Learning Day today.]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students reflect on recent learning and the role digital tools and media have played in supporting or enhancing it.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA["Roused by the Change of Scene": Analyzing a Film Adaptation of Jane Eyre]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of their study of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, students read selected sections of the novel closely and compare their representation in the text to representations in the 2007 Masterpiece adaptation of Jane Eyre. They use the concepts of time/pacing, character, and theme to focus their analysis and to plan an adaptation of a scene of their choice.]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Scott Filkins</dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Using Collaborative Reasoning to Support Critical Thinking]]></title>

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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Students will participate in Collaborative Reasoning in small groups to discuss and think critically about issues of social justice and diversity by reading current events informational articles. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Rebekah Kane</dc:creator>
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