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Literature activities

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Literature Circles 101

Literature Circles in the elementary classroom. How to do literature circles with 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.

Grab this FREE literature circle think sheet to help guide student discussion - perfect for literature circles in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade!

Grab this FREE literature circle think sheet to help guide student discussion - perfect for literature circles in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade!

Looking for new ways to engage your students in literature, especially with classics that might seem old and outdated? Literary postcards are an activity that can be used with any literary text, at any grade level, time after time, year after year.

Looking for new ways to engage your students in literature, especially with classics that might seem old and outdated? Literary postcards are an activity that can be used with any literary text, at any grade level, time after time, year after year.

9 Fun Book Projects

The days of dioramas and book reports may be long gone. (Is it wrong that I’m a little sad about that?) Yet the expectation that students ...

Teaching students to read like writers? To write like readers? At the foundation, you'll find literary analysis. Use these 10 best practice, high-interest, and effective literary analysis activities with middle and high school students to elevate thinking! #LiteraryAnalysis #MiddleSchoolELA #HighSchoolELA

Teaching students to read like writers? To write like readers? At the foundation, you'll find literary analysis. Use these 10 best practice, high-interest, and effective literary analysis activities with middle and high school students to elevate thinking! #LiteraryAnalysis #MiddleSchoolELA #HighSchoolELA

Focus on the Literature Standards with Amazing Folktales

Teach the common core literature standards with amazing folktales by Gerald McDermott. Engage students with these folktales to practice the literature standards. Click to see the folktales. #twoboysandadad #literature #commoncore #thirdgrade #elementary

5 INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND LESSON PLANS FOR ANY NOVEL UNIT — Bespoke ELA:  Essay Writing Tips + Lesson Plans

This blog post explores innovative and engaging lesson plans for any novel unit... ranging from task cards to book instagram pages to a novel podcast project. Student choice is key here, and students can find something they would like to complete in order to convey their reading, comprehension, and

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I am Helen Keller by Brad Meltzer is from his book series Ordinary People Change the World. This literature companion gives your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade students engaging activities to complete after reading about Helen Keller. Your kids can complete comprehension questions, no-prep activities, and writing prompts as they discuss Braille, sign language, and so much more!
Grades 3-7 ELA Activity NO PREP! Elementary Myths & Legends - Traditional literature activity Close Reading Nonfiction text, research, magic, fantasy, unicorn, kraken, mermaid, loch-ness, dragon, griffin, mythology, mythological, legendary creatures beasts multicultural, inclusive, text evidence, claim evidence reasoning, CER, writing reading, world history, language arts, drawing conclusions
Turkey Claus is the perfect Thanksgiving and Christmas book for your kindergarten, first and second grade students. These book activities include sequencing, rhyming, word find, retelling, and writing activities that are perfect for your younger elementary kids. They are both printable and digital for use in your classroom or for digital learning!
Teaching the Hero's Journey: A Fun Project for Secondary ELA- Teaching the Hero's Journey is a fun and exciting literature unit in the middle school ELA and high school English classroom. Here is a look at how I teach the Hero's Journey and what project I like my students to collaboratively work on together. Hero's Journey Teaching Activity | Hero's Journey Teaching Unit | Hero's Journey Lesson Plan | High School Literature Activity | Middle School Literature Activity