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Running Out of Time: Letter to a Character Lesson PlanRunning Out of Time: Letter to a Character Lesson Plan
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Running Out of Time: Letter to a Character

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Once your learners have a firm handle on the characters in Running Out of Time, invite them to write letters to chosen characters about the events of the novel. Pupils then share with others who wrote to the same character.

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Concepts

letter writing, Narrative Writing, character analysis, characterization, responding to reading, audiences, margaret peterson haddix, running out of time

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Extend the exercise by requiring pupils to partner up and respond to one another's letters as if they are those characters

Classroom Considerations

  • The assignment is designed to go after chapter 21 of the novel

Pros

  • Combines a writing task with discussion
  • Requires learners to have knowledge of the characters and the events in the novel

Cons

  • There are some minor typos in the resource

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