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Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies Lesson PlanRead Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies Lesson Plan
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Lesson Plan

Read Write Think: Get the Reel Scoop: Comparing Books to Movies

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Students 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.

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Concepts

charlie and the chocolate factory, charlotte's web, climax, compare and contrast, curious george, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the goblet of fire, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, holes, james and the giant peach, johnny tremain, plot, setting, stuart little, tuck everlasting, where the red fern grows, witches

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RL.4.7

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