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What Goes Up Must Come Down

For Teachers 4th - 7th
After your class has completed The Cay by Theodore Taylor, assess understanding of the plot. First, model how to fill out a plot line for your class. Next, have class members fill in the plot of The Cay on the provided story map. Invite...
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Rest in Peace, Maniac Magee

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars read Maniac Magee and create epitaphs for each of the major characters using precise words reflecting the individual characters personality and nature. They will learn what an epitaph is and practice writing their own. They can...
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Research a Poet and Explicate a Poem by that Poet

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders choose a poet to research and find a poem by that author to explicate/analyze using a variety of sources for their research that will include their textbooks, the school library, and the internet. After conducting...
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Main Idea with SENTEO Component

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore "main idea." In this main idea and details reading comprehension lesson, students view a Brain POP video about main idea and then identify sentences displayed on the SMART Board that would be included in a paragraph...
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The Devil’s Arithmetic: Semantic Feature Analysis

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Organize the characters in Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic according to their shared character traits. After listing character traits as a class, kids note which characters exhibit particular characteristics with a discussion and...
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A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study and explore the portrayal and development of a major character in a novel from the novel, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. They identify words and phrases that effectively describe the main character in this novel....
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Poetry: "Seven Types of Shadow"

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the way ghosts are portrayed in films and literature. In this poetry lesson, students listen to  the first five stanzas of the poem "Seven Types of Shadow" read by U A Fanthorpe on The Poetry Archive website and discuss...
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'Twasn't the Night Before Christmas

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students describe the elements that make up particular writers' styles. Small groups then choose an author, write something in his or her style, and invite other groups to play 'literary detective' in identifying whose style they have...
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The House on Mango Street: Book Review

For Students 6th - 8th
In this set of 11 worksheets on The House on Mango Street, learners complete a series of either short answer or multiple choice questions, then complete an essay assignment on each worksheet.
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Literature Response Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Literature responses are a meaningful way to strengthen student comprehension.
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During Reading Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students employ strategies to increase comprehension while they are reading. In this language arts lesson, students must infer, predict and visualize in order to improve comprehension.
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Character and their Significance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils read short stories and write a response to the story about the character and their significance. In this character lesson plan, students also create a poster to represent their character.
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Literature Circles: The Cay and Timothy of the Cay

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss The Cay or Timothy of the Cay with other students. They complete Literature Circles role sheets. Students map the journeys of Timothy and Phillip. They put the events of the stories on a time line.
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Digestion - Part 3

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the human body by reviewing the digestive system. In this human anatomy instructional activity, students identify the elements of human digestion by completing two body system worksheets. Students read the story What...
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Visual Poetry Lets Students 'See' The Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a favorite poem and create a Power Point slide show depicting a visual interpretation of the images in the poem.

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