Cinderella without castles, coaches, or ball gowns? Students use versions of Cinderella …
Cinderella without castles, coaches, or ball gowns? Students use versions of Cinderella to explore how the setting of a story--time, place, and culture--affects the characters and plot.
In this lesson students evaluate published children's picture storybooks. Students then plan, …
In this lesson students evaluate published children's picture storybooks. Students then plan, write, illustrate, and publish their own children's picture books.
Students analyze "choose your own adventure" stories and brainstorm to develop setting, …
Students analyze "choose your own adventure" stories and brainstorm to develop setting, characters, and plots for their own adventures stories and related Websites.
Students make predictions about the stories and analyze story elements, compare and …
Students make predictions about the stories and analyze story elements, compare and contrast the different stories, distinguish between fact and opinion, and draw conclusions supported by evidence from their readings.
Students use the elements of persuasion for a specific audience to demonstrate …
Students use the elements of persuasion for a specific audience to demonstrate their understanding of Richard Wright's accessible and engaging coming-of-age novel, "Rite of Passage.
Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students …
Lights, camera, action, and a bit of mystery! In this lesson, students use mystery props in a skit bag to create and perform in short, impromptu skits.
A read-aloud of Patricia Polacco's "Thank You, Mr. Falker" helps promote deeper …
A read-aloud of Patricia Polacco's "Thank You, Mr. Falker" helps promote deeper comprehension through questioning to achieve personal connections and discussions of character and theme.
Students draw a series of pictures that tell a story, including character …
Students draw a series of pictures that tell a story, including character action, problem and solution. They read their story to others, transcribe it into writing, and create an accordion book.
Students track the elements of mystery stories through Directed Learning-Thinking Activities, story …
Students track the elements of mystery stories through Directed Learning-Thinking Activities, story maps, and puzzles. Then they offer clues for other readers as they plan and write original mystery stories.
Students explore picture books to identify the characteristics of four types of …
Students explore picture books to identify the characteristics of four types of conflict. They then write about a conflict they have experienced and compare it to a conflict from literature.
Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" is used as a primer …
Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" is used as a primer to teach students how to analyze a literary work using plot, theme, characterization, and psychoanalytical criticism.
Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they …
Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.
Like Junie B. Jones, students will be saying "Wait till you hear …
Like Junie B. Jones, students will be saying "Wait till you hear this" after listening to a Junie B. story and creating mystery boxes to help retell the story.
Students move from modeled to independent comprehension of fiction stories by using …
Students move from modeled to independent comprehension of fiction stories by using texts by Jan Brett and interactive tools that demonstrate their comprehension.
Students learn that the plot structure described by Freytag's Pyramid is actually …
Students learn that the plot structure described by Freytag's Pyramid is actually quite familiar as they diagram the plots of a familiar story, a television show, and a narrative poem.
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