Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Off to Adventure!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1) Unit PlanOff to Adventure!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1) Unit Plan
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
6 more...
Resource Type
Unit Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
21 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
4 more...
Unit Plan

Off to Adventure!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Off to Adventure!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1) unit plan also includes:
  • Blackline Masters for Grade 3
  • Challenge Handbook Overview
  • Join to access all included materials

Off to Adventure! is the theme of an English language arts unit comprised of a variety of challenge activities. Scholars enhance skills and reinforce concepts by taking part in a grand book discussion, giving an oral report, and writing friendly letters, plays, paragraphs, and stories.

23 Views 15 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

writing speeches, adventure stories, group discussions, book talks, plays, plot, characterization, writing dialogue, dramatic plays, playwriting, venn diagrams, writing paragraphs, story writing, details, oral presentations, friendly letters

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Visit the library for a collection of adventure stories for learners to browse when time permits—or download stories onto mobile learning devices
  • If the storybook, Mulan, isn't available, watch the animated version to inspire play ideas 
  • Conduct the diary lesson early and continue writing entries throughout the remaining lessons

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires multiple copies and a variety of materials depending on the activities you choose to implement  
  • The unit is the first of three in a themed series created by Houghton Mifflin to accompany their English language arts curriculum
  • Certain required curriculum materials are not included; however, the general plan can be modified to follow most adventure stories

Pros

  • Offers tips for English language learners
  • Provides additional work for early finishers 
  • Lesson plan details each activity thoroughly

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.5 RL.3.6 RI.3.2 W.3.2.a W.3.2.b W.3.3.a W.3.4 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.c SL.3.1.d SL.3.2 SL.3.4

See similar resources:

Unit Plan

Figurative Language

Read Works
Here's a richly detailed unit, designed for second graders, that focuses on decoding figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification and idioms.
2nd - 4th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

Learning English through Short Stories

British Council
Use short stories to teach English? Yes! Designed as a professional development opportunity for English language teachers, the ideas in this booklet can easily be adapted to advanced ESL/ELL classes.
2nd - 8th English Language Arts
Organizer

Dr. Seuss Story Map

Teacher's Corner
Guide young readers through their first book report with a story map designed for a Dr. Seuss book. After your class finishes their story of choice, they list the title, characters, conflict, and other elements of literature on the book...
3rd - 6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

Off to Adventure!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Give language skills a boost with a series of ESL lessons in an Off to Adventure! themed unit. Using a speak, listen, move, and look routine, scholars enhance proficiency through grand conversation and skills practice....
3rd English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Worksheet

Stories for reading comprehension

Longman
A packet full of old-fashioned short stories could be a review activity for a reading comprehension lesson. Learners read 14 stories before answering multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank sentences, and vocabulary exercises.
2nd - 4th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Worksheet

Adventures with Alliteration! - Adjectives

K12 Reader
Have hearty humor with a handy, helpful handout! Kids work on their alliteration skills with a figurative language worksheet that focuses on alliterative adjectives and phrases. After kids add nouns to ten adjectives, they create five...
2nd - 3rd English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

How do Poets Use Language?

Poetry Society
Why do writers choose the language they do? Here's a resource that has the poet himself answer that very question. Joseph Coelho explains why he chose the words and images he used in his poem, "If All the World Were Paper."
2nd - 6th English Language Arts
Unit Plan

Teach English, Teach About the Environment

US Environmental Protection Agency
Spread the message of recycling while teaching your English language learners new vocabulary and practicing verb tenses. Included here are four lesson plans for each level (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) as well as accompanying...
K - 12th Science
PPT

Adventure Stories

Curated OER
Have your class write adventure stories. In a step-by-step manner, learners discuss techniques that can be used to make their stories interesting and complete. They analyze the purpose of the story, the ways they can generate excitement,...
3rd - 6th English Language Arts
eBook

A Selection of Stories from The Æsop for Children

Library of Congress
Read and incorporate a variety of Aesop's Fables into a fable genre study with an eBook produced by the Library of Congress. The interactive eBook contains 146 fables written by Aesop and includes colorful interactive illustrations...
K - 8th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use