Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan's "Sarah, Plain and Tall" takes place on a prairie during the late 1800s. Sarah arrives to live with a family and brings them new life. Make a smart choice by reading your favorite novel with a BookFiles reading...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Check out this site featuring the book Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. You will find a description, an extension activity, a vocabulary builder, and a booklist.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Summarizing Sarah, Plain and Tall
This is a hands-on lesson to introduce young scholars to Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall series. Students will discover rural life, how to make a timeline, and analyze literary elements while reading Sarah, Plain and Tall.
Other
Thorntons: Sarah, Plain and Tall Student Study Guide
Follow the novel through this informative study guide.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sarah Plain and Tall
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is based on the novel Sarah, Plain and Tall. Explore the vocabulary, spelling and grammar activities associated with this story.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: To Imitate Two Nature Writers
In this lesson plan each writer will compose and revise a "showing" description inpsired by an object or a place in nature. Long before drafting, students will discuss and compare the writing styles and techniques of published authors...
PBS
Colorin Colorado: Patricia Mac Lachlan
A profile of Patricia MacLachlin and a list of books she has written.
Yale University
Yale: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Journey of Discovery
This site features three novels and uses them to show middle schoolers that reading can be fun and useful. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative resource.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies
Learners compare a book to its film adaptation, and then perform readers theater of a scene from the book that they feel was not well represented in the movie version.