Pearson ReadyGen

This poetry engine prompts students to create different kinds of poems. From Scholastic.

This strategy is designed to help elementary students explore texts from various viewpoints, and identify author, speaker point-of-view, publication date, intended audience and characters. This activity is shared  by Teaching Tolerance and can be used with a "Perspectives central text" or any other suitable text.

Reading Rockets explains anticipation guides,  a comprehension strategy  used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. Included find information on why and how to implement this strategy along with templates and and a video of the strategy in action.