ReadWriteThink.org offers calendar feature

 Each month, the ReadWriteThink.org Calendar offers quick classroom activities, lesson plans, Web links, and texts pertaining to various reading–related and general interest events. Here is a sampling of the links for April, National Poetry Month:

April 4: Maya Angelou was born on this date in 1928
April 7: Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915
April 10: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby was published in 1925
April 14: Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828
April 23: William Shakespeare was born in 1564
April 24: In 1800, Congress approved the purchase of books to start the Library of Congress
April 27: Coretta Scott King was born on this day in 1927

There also are links relating to other noted authors and events, and more. For further information, visit the ReadWriteThink April Calendar page.

The ReadWriteThink.org website is administered jointly by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, in partnership with the Verizon Foundation. It is part of the MarcoPolo program, which provides standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the United States. Visit the main site.