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Cinderella Stories From Around the World
Fifth graders are read a variety of Cinderella stories from around the world. In groups, they complete a comparison chart for each story and how it compares to the American version. To end the lesson, they participate in a fairy tale...
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Duck for President
Second graders listen carefully to the story, "Duck for President" and then write and illustrate a new ending to the story; focusing on spelling sight words correctly and use complete sentences. They also work on forming letters...
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Literature: Frederick
First graders read Frederick and illustrate a scene from the story. They connect their own backgrounds and experiences with scenes in the story. They identify the setting and conflict of the story.
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Reading Puzzle
Twelfth graders examine the elements of literature. They each read a chapter of a novel, sequentially list the main ideas, present a summary of the chapter to the class, sequence the events, and review the novel by summarizing the timeline.
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Superheroes
Students, in groups, brainstorm what they know about superheroes. They examine their powers and how they became a superhero. They read handouts and answer questions to test for comprehension.
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Making Photo Essays Easy
Young scholars generate ideas about what makes a good story and a good photograph then place them together to create a photo essay. In this photo essay lesson, students assemble random photos into a story, select the best photos, and...
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"Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
Students use Langston Hughes' "Thank You Ma'am" as a reading and vocabulary improvement activity. In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students review the related vocabulary and read the poem. Students discuss the story elements in the...
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Analyzing Literary Elements in Literary Nonfiction
Fourth graders identify the literary elements of a nonfiction text. In this literary elements lesson, 4th graders read the text Piano Starts Here--The Young Art Tatum and fill in a chart that includes the events from the book....
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"Afternoon on the Amazon" by Mary Pope Osborne
Students read and complete activities dealing with the book "Afternoon on the Amazon". They create webs of words used in the book and write about what they have read.
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NOVEL PARTNERS
Pupils read novels, completing a weekly assignment as they read. They meet weekly with another student to discuss the readings and assignments.
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STORY MAPPING: THE HUNDRED DRESSES
Students illustrate and paraphrase each chapter of The Hundred Dresses, creating a graphic organizer through the use of story mapping. After students have completed their story maps, ask for a few volunteers to present theirs to the class.
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Fantasy Book Report
Fourth graders choose a fantasy genre to research and summarize information on in text. They utilize a variety of communication techniques, including oral, visual as well as written/multimedia reports and then present information...
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Unnatural Selection
Students identify quotation marks and demonstrate the uses of quotation marks. They rewrite sentences without quotation marks and discuss how the meanings can change without the use of quotation marks. In addition, they make their own...
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Emotions in Motion
Learners use dance as a form of communication. In this meanings of dance lesson, students create dances to communicate a variety of emotions.
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To Be or Not to Be: A Marriage of Civil War Descendants
Students examine primary documents related to the burning of Chambersburg during the Civil Way. In this Civil War era history lesson, students study numerous primary documents relating to the burning of the town of Chambersburg. Students...
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Bears, Bears, Bears
First graders, after listening to the teacher read different bear stories, write their own bear story and vote for their favorite one in class.
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Learning About Africa
Students examine one of the locations in Africa listed in the lesson focusing on location, climate, products, activities, and other information they use for their short story. They then write an outline of their story and organize their...
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Independent Novel Project
Young scholars complete activities for an independent novel project. In this novel project worksheet, students follow the 13 steps to analyze and complete a comprehensive project about a novel they've read.
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Dream Book Collage
Students construct and illustrate a three-page book of their dream(s). Students write a sentence to describe each page.
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Book Report Fun- Blank Report Grid
In this book report worksheet, students use blank boxes with titles to write about a book they have read. They will report about setting, characters, main events, conflicts, and conclusion. The boxes are unlined.
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Story Map
In this language arts worksheet, students demonstrate their understanding of a story by filling in information on this story map. Students record the setting, main and supporting characters, problem and solution.
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Creating a Short Story
Middle schoolers examine how to outline their story, to write a story and then edit their work. They illustrate their story using drawing features like squares, circles, and other shapes or a drawing program if they have it on the computer.
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Story Mapping: Guide for Cross-Disciplinary Application
In this story mapping worksheet, students read how story mapping can apply to 3 different areas of study: history, English and science lab. The components of story mapping that are included here are setting, characters, problem/goal,...
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Creating a Book Review Using a Multimedia Stack
Third graders identify the title, character, setting and plot of a story they have read. They state their opinions of the story read and provide information about themselves as a reviewer, using Multimedia Software.