Language & Cognition

Story Starters
Create a Story--a lesson plan

Story Starters for Short Stories

Story Starters--a lesson plan

Once Upon a Time....--a lesson plan
 


Graphic Organizers

The Graphic Story Organizer:  Identify characters in a story and sort them out.

'Comparing Democracy and Republic'

Webbing and Mapping

The Study Skill: Concept Mapping--tips on creating concept maps or graphic organizers 

Constructing Meaning Through Drawing Pictures--a lesson plan

Then and Now

U.S. Civil War Timeline

Compare and Contrast Framework

Graphic Organizers--a lesson plan

Take Me Out to the Old Yakyu--a lesson plan

Vocabulary in the Content Area--a lesson plan using graphic organizers
 

 Then and Now

Then and Now--graphic organizer
 
 

Bio-Poems

Auto-Bio Poems--a lesson plan

Inferring Character Traits--a lesson plan

Knowing Ourselves and Others Through Poetry--a lesson plan
 
 

Newsweek Magazine Lessons

Figurative and Descriptive Language

Introductions and Conclusions

Reading Between the Lines

Historical Linkage

Words, Words, Words
 
 

Miscellaneous Links

Index of Mitsuharu Matsuoka's Web Sites--Literature and author links

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication

The Human Languages Page

Learning to Read--Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research

Writing Across the Curriculum

Learning Strategies Database

Writing for Learning, Not Just for Demonstrating Learning

Portfolios--from the Mining Co.

Purdue University: Online Writing Lab

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

The Children's Literature Web Guide

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