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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In this story structure lesson plan, students read the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and identify the characters, setting and main themes of the book. They answer a list of study questions about the book.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Students may check some of their answers online.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Traveling With Limited Funds; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Students participate in a pre-reading activity which helps them see what it would be like to live in poverty. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students make a list of items they take on a trip considering they have...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Students study A Tree Grows in Brooklyn using Bloom's Taxonomy. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss the chapter and complete a worksheet. Students illustrate an experience they have had that is similar to a situation in...
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The K-W-H-L Strategy
Middle schoolers create a KWHL chart as a pre-reading strategy. In this graphic organizer lesson, students communicate their background knowledge before reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Middle schoolers continue to construct their KWHL...
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Discovering Your Community
Students focus on the origins of the families that make up their community by exploring their family's origins through themselves, parents, and grandparents. Students create a map marked with family origins for the class.
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Geometry Everywhere; Fractal, Math & Form
Students explore fractal geometry. They do online explorations of fractals to discover applications of fractal geometry for a report.