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Grade 3

Strand 1
Strand 2
- 3.2.A
- 3.2.A.i
- 3.2.A.ii
- 3.2.A.iii
- 3.2.A.iv
- 3.2.A.v
- 3.2.A.vi
- 3.2.A.vii
- 3.2.B
- 3.2.B.i
- 3.2.B.ii
- 3.2.B.iii
- 3.2.B.iv
- 3.2.B.v
- 3.2.B.vi
- 3.2.B.vii
- 3.2.C
- 3.2.D
Strand 3
Strand 4
- 3.4
Strand 5
- 3.5
Strand 6
- 3.6.A
- 3.6.B
- 3.6.C
- 3.6.D
- 3.6.E
- 3.6.F
- 3.6.G
- 3.6.H
- 3.6.I
Strand 7
Strand 8
Strand 9
- 3.9.A
- 3.9.B
- 3.9.C
- 3.9.D
- 3.9.D.i
- 3.9.D.ii
- 3.9.D.iii
- 3.9.E
- 3.9.E.i
- 3.9.E.ii
- 3.9.E.iii
- 3.9.F
Strand 10
Strand 11
Strand 12
Strand 13
- 3.13.A
- 3.13.B
- 3.13.C
- 3.13.D
- 3.13.E
- 3.13.F

TEKS ELA Standard: 3.9.B

explain rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements such as stanzas in a variety of poems

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”

Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Remixing A Holiday Poem

Remixing A Holiday Poem

Let’s take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!

Writing Seuss Style Poetry

Writing Seuss Style Poetry

Sure, Dr. Seuss wrote for young students, but can older students analyze his writing and learn to mimic his style? THEN, they can produce Seuss-style poetry about any topic: Ancient China, the electromagnetic spectrum, Pride and Prejudice, and (yes) fraction division!

Fancier Figurative Language: Advanced Repetition

Fancier Figurative Language: Advanced Repetition

Is your students’ use of repetition limited to, “The girl was very, very, very fast.”? Let’s borrow some ideas from Shakespeare!

Advanced Alliteration and Consonance

Advanced Alliteration and Consonance

When students learn about alliteration, it’s hard to steer them away from goofy tongue-twisters. Certainly, there must be more powerful and practical ways of using alliteration. In this lesson, I draw on delicious examples from Shakespeare to show how a very advanced writer used alliteration. Then, I break those ideas down so students can try them out.

What Would Poetry Think About Prose?

What Would Poetry Think About Prose?

Poetry and Prose meet at a party. What would they say to each other? How would they feel about each other’s style?

Studying and Remixing “The Raven”

Studying and Remixing “The Raven”

Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?

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