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Ignite a passion for reading with literature lesson plans that delve into diverse texts. These resources offer activities for analyzing themes, characters, and literary devices. Incorporate these plans to encourage critical thinking and deepen appreciation for literature in your students.
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A book-companion / interactive read-aloud packet built around the picture book 'A Storm Called Katrina' by Myron Uhlberg, covering reading comprehension, story elements, character analysis, plot structure, and text-to-text connections.
A close-reading exemplar and multi-day lesson package built around a short historical-fiction excerpt, 'A Wrong' (adapted from 'A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great'), aligned to Common Core standards for grades 6-8.
A discussion guide with nine teacher-answered questions opens this 'Bark, George!' book study, followed by project and craft ideas (a cardboard 'feed George' game, a story crown, a jigsaw puzzle), four linked YouTube videos, and a one-page nonfiction reading on veterinarians. Ten greeting signs teach 'hello' in different languages, tying into the story's ending. The bulk of the set is literacy practice: tracing, a maze, sight-word and phonics pages (words containing -RK), matching, sorting, fill-in-the-blank, and story-structure worksheets covering characters, setting, sequencing, and story elements, plus open-ended writing and drawing prompts and a design-your-own-cover activity.
Support a picture book study unit built around the story 'The Apple Pie Tree,' adaptable for Pre-K through Grade 1.
A comprehensive, multi-activity picture book study built around 'Are You My Mother?' by P.D. Eastman, covering discussion questions, craft/project ideas, non-fiction extension reading, retelling, phonics/letter practice, and writing activities for preschool through grade 1.
A lesson using passages from Jerry Spinelli's novel 'Loser' and Jamaica Kincaid's short story 'Girl' as mentor texts to teach students how to write in second-person point of view
This is a novel study unit for Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures. It is for Book #2: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery. This Book Unit Includes: 9 Chapters: 1-15 Comprehension and Vocabulary Items Work Sheets!
This is a "Ghosts" Creating Character + Mentor Author Mini Unit. A look behind the scenes of Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts kicks off this mini-unit on character-building.
A comprehensive 380-page novel study unit for 'The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary' by Laura Shovan (a verse novel), teaching comprehension, vocabulary, English grammar skills, and writing through 36 lessons covering 179-182 poems.
Ghosts Mentor Author Mini- unit : A Comprehensive Teaching Guide The Ghosts Mentor Author Mini-unit is a well-rounded educational resource designed for teaching the narrative technique of flashback.
Teach reading comprehension and character analysis using an adapted Kipling fable, across a 5-day instructional sequence.
A comprehensive novel study/assessment unit for 'The Lemonade War' by Jacqueline Davies, teaching comprehension, vocabulary, and standards-based reading skills chapter by chapter.
A multi-part novel study bundle for 'Inside Out & Back Again' covering figurative language, theme, symbolism, photograph and quote analysis (Extension Activities), plus separate quizzes/writing prompts, a vocabulary study, and a reader response component.
Guides students through a novel study for "Kate's Mountain and Beyond," organized into PowerPoint sections per chapter range for constructed-response reading comprehension.
A movie-study lesson plan/worksheet packet for the film Flora & Ulysses (2021), with 30 activities building reading comprehension, vocabulary, character analysis, theme analysis, data/graph interpretation, and creative writing skills.
Provide comprehension and literary-analysis activities to accompany a read-aloud of the picture book 'Marvelous Cornelius' (about a real French Quarter, New Orleans street sweeper and Hurricane Katrina) for early elementary grades.
Movie-study lesson plan bundle for the 2021 film 'A Week Away', covering language/vocabulary, literary analysis, music & media literacy, cross-curricular math, and social-emotional learning through 30 structured activities.
A movie-study resource built around Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024) combining social-emotional learning with literacy, grammar, and math practice for grades 3-10.
GCSE Poetry Lesson on 'Remains' by Simon Armitage: For Veterans Overview: 'Remains', a poem written by Simon Armitage, provides the foundation for this comprehensive 23-slide PowerPoint lesson.
A digital 'micro-learning' slide deck book companion for the fable 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff,' building sequencing, comprehension, story elements, summarizing, and vocabulary skills.
An A-Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Unit 1: Post-2000 Poetry) English literature lesson analyzing Simon Armitage's poem 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass', focused on meaning, form, and the device of allegory.
A homeschool/co-op novel study unit built around the Magic Tree House book "A Big Day for Baseball," combining chapter comprehension quizzes, vocabulary practice, and cross-curricular activities.
A multi-file ELA lesson package for teaching the short story 'A Coward' by Guy de Maupassant, built around literary analysis (plot/characterization/theme as applicable).
An A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Post-2000 Poetry unit) English Literature lesson analyzing 'Giuseppe' by Roderick Ford, which uses a fairy-tale mermaid narrative set in WWII Sicily to explore human behavior under wartime pressure.