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Genre Lesson: Realistic Fiction

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the elements of realistic fiction. In this genre study instructional activity, students discuss connections they have to characters in their favorite show or movie. Students hunt for realistic fiction elements in a text...
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Character's Motive

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Why do people commit crimes? Middle schoolers investigate characters' motives for committing a crime in a character analysis lesson. First, they read the book Chasing Vermeer and identify the suspects. They then record the details about...
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Identifying Symbols

For Teachers 6th Standards
Identify symbols within text and explain what they mean. Sixth graders examine Home of the Brave and identify recurring pictures in the text and discuss what they mean. They then choose a symbol from the text and explain what it means...
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Lesson 3: Voice

For Teachers 6th Standards
Explore voice in writing with the story Chess Rumble. After examining the character's voice to understand the character better, sixth graders analyze and discuss the dialect, tone, and descriptive language used. A good way to focus on...
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Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders discuss the terms "explicit opinions," and "implicit opinions," from a text. In this literacy lesson, 6th graders analyze the author's techniques to find explicitly stated opinions. Additionally, students complete a...
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Predicting a Mystery's Solution

For Teachers 6th Standards
Who killed Sam Westing? Model for your class members the components of a good prediction, and how to use these components to predict a mystery's solution. Class members use what they have learned to craft predictions while reading Ellen...
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Third Person Limited and Omniscient Points of View

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine the point of view from each paragraph of the worksheet they are given. For this point of view worksheet, students read paragraphs in the third person either limited or omniscient.
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Analyzing Relationships

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore relationships between story characters. In this story elements and reading comprehension lesson, students generate character traits of the characters in Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson. Students describe...
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Lesson 1: Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use context clues to find the meaning of new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, 6th graders read A Wrinkle in Time written by Madeleine L’Engle and use post its to flag words they don't know. They figure out the meaning...
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Lesson 4: Analyzing a Plot Conflict

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders identify plot conflicts and how they are resolved. In this plot conflict instructional activity, 6th graders read the book A Wrinkle in Time written by Madeleine L'Engle and identify the conflicts. There are 4 different...
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Red Herrings

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders make predictions while reading The Westing Game. In this prediction and mystery instructional activity, 6th graders identify red herrings while reading and compare those clues with their predictions. Students complete a...