Dungeons and Dragons

NYTimes: “Why the Cool Kids are Playing Dungeons & Dragons”

New Yorker magazine: “The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons & Dragons”

Comic Book Resource: “8 Ways Dungeons & Dragons Helps with Anxiety”

A couple of other Youtube resources can be found here.

Open source access to the Players Handbook can be found here: 5e Players Handbook  (it may take a minute for this pdf to load, and you may have to click off a error message along the way…).

A fillable pdf version of the character sheet can be found here: DnD_5E_CharacterSheet – Form Fillable 

Reflection

The assignment outline for your second reflection can be found here: Second Reflection 2025

Whole Class Read-Alouds

The criteria for preparing to read a character role can be found here: LA prep for reading character parts

Daily Diary/Review Frame

If you’d like Lynda Barry to guide your Daily Diary/Review Frame experience, use these videos in order:

 

Conventions

For those interesting in further exploring the rules of grammar and punctuation, here’s a link to a great resource: “The Elements of Style,” by Strunk and White.

The full Comma Queen playlist is here.

Super interesting article about her here!

Socratic Circles

A reading about the how and why of Socratic Circles can be found here.

Oral Language

The rubric used for Oral Language assessment during presentations can be found here: Oral Language rubric