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Alexander Graham Bell Lesson PlanAlexander Graham Bell Lesson Plan
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Alexander Graham Bell

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Study the features of nonfiction text with a set of comprehension and analysis materials. Readers learn about Alexander Graham Bell with questions about the text, writing prompts, and proofreading activities.

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Concepts

alexander graham bell, informational texts, biographies, text features, nonfiction text features, inventors, american inventors, inventions, reading comprehension

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Include in your unit about famous inventors, or when working on informational text features
  • Encourage learners to expand their news reports into a larger newspaper activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Based on Alexander Graham Bell, a short biography by Thea Joseph; check for availability of the resource first

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  • Teacher's guide delineates the print features, vocabulary, text structure, literary elements, and target skills of the text

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