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Science Fiction Selections: Connecting Film to Literature for First and - Yale University
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3 to 12
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Using Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and E.T., introduce young students to the genre of science fiction while enhancing their reading and writing skills. Students learn how to review...more
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Using Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and E.T., introduce young students to the genre of science fiction while enhancing their reading and writing skills. Students learn how to review films, recognize themes, compare/contrast films with literature, and role-play.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans on this site! This lesson is a great way to connect content to something students are really interested in - movies. Be sure to save the site as a favorite to allow for easy reference later on.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Literature of the U.S. Civil War - Yale University
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4 to 8
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This unit investigates the Civil War through children's literature, using multiple approaches to learning including reading, writing, dramatization, and music. ...more
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This unit investigates the Civil War through children's literature, using multiple approaches to learning including reading, writing, dramatization, and music.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans that are offered on this site about the Civil War. The unit plan offers varying approaches, such as small and large group work varying on what is more efficient in your classroom. This lesson plan is worth sorting through the large amount of text - be patient!Older students can keep a blog sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. This blog creator requires no registration. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Seesaw, reviewed here.
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World War II As Seen Through Children's Literature - Yale University
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1 to 12
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This site will show the pervasive influence of World War II on children's literature. ...more
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This site will show the pervasive influence of World War II on children's literature.
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Multiculturalism Through African Folk Tales And Mayan Myths - Yale University
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7 to 8
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By studying the folktales and myths of Africa and the Mayas, students understand the nature of myth and the variety of culture. ...more
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By studying the folktales and myths of Africa and the Mayas, students understand the nature of myth and the variety of culture.
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Read some of these Mayan and African folktales as a class, discussing their similarities and differences. Demonstrate what the children learned by reading or listening by having them make a picture or rewrite a tale using aspects of American culture instead. After examining folktales, have students create and practice their own storytelling skills. Use plot diagrams and story maps to assist in the organization of their own stories. Use paper and pencil for the story map or a tool like StoryMap, reviewed here. Have student finalize their stories using Book Creator, reviewed here. Students can combine their books later as a class book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Langston Hughes: Artist and Historian - Yale University
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6 to 8
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Students will learn a little about Langston Hughes and the events of his time in the introductory Narrative of this lesson. The lesson explores Langston Hughes' poetry, setting it as...more
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Students will learn a little about Langston Hughes and the events of his time in the introductory Narrative of this lesson. The lesson explores Langston Hughes' poetry, setting it as a "vehicle by which students are exposed to the African-American experience in the United States of the 1920s through the 1960s."
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Using the Narrative and create a guided reading activity using vocabulary, keywords, and phrases with Read Ahead, reviewed here. In pairs or small groups, have students read the short biography about Langston Huges and Jim Crow laws. Read Ahead is perfect for introducing any reading passages to struggling readers, special education students, and ENL/ELL learners. After using this lesson, extend student learning by having them further reseach and present to their classmates some of the events mentioned in the narrative. Ask them to choose a product for their presentation from Genially, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Film and Literature to Examine Uncle Remus: A Comparison and Analysis - Yale University
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6 to 8
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Through the use of films, recorded books, and literary readings, this unit exposes students to the oral tradition of storytelling, provides facts about African American contributions...more
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Through the use of films, recorded books, and literary readings, this unit exposes students to the oral tradition of storytelling, provides facts about African American contributions to this tradition, and offers a comprehensive approach to understanding African American folklore.
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Teaching Detective Fiction Through A Cross Curriculum Unit - Yale University
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6 to 8
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Agatha Christie's short story "Miss Marple Tells A Story," is the basis for this two-week introduction to detective fiction. Emphasizing deductive reasoning, critical thinking, and...more
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Agatha Christie's short story "Miss Marple Tells A Story," is the basis for this two-week introduction to detective fiction. Emphasizing deductive reasoning, critical thinking, and a cohesive team-teaching atmosphere, this unit ideally involves every subject area, including technology, math, art, and drama. Through related activities, students strengthen their abilities to formulate questions, find information, and use that information intelligently.
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Tales From Around the World - Yale University
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6 to 8
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Help students learn about diversity and commonality between cultures through stories from many different places, providing strong reinforcement of social studies concepts. ...more
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Help students learn about diversity and commonality between cultures through stories from many different places, providing strong reinforcement of social studies concepts.
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Puerto Rican Folktales - Yale University
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7 to 12
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Explore the cultural heritage of Puerto Rico through a study of the myths, legends, folktales, and fairy tales. Students learn to analyze tales by identifying the character, problem,...more
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Explore the cultural heritage of Puerto Rico through a study of the myths, legends, folktales, and fairy tales. Students learn to analyze tales by identifying the character, problem, setting, sequence of events, ultimate solution, and implied lesson/moral.
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Read some of these Puerto Rican folktales with your students. After finishing, discuss the characters, problem, setting, sequence of events, ultimate solution, and implied lesson/moral. Alternate readers so that everyone is invested in presenting these tales.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Outta Ray's Head - Literature
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6 to 12
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Don't be scared off by the title! This is a collection of literature-related lesson plans compiled by an English teacher in Ontario, Ca. The selection includes everything from simple...more
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Don't be scared off by the title! This is a collection of literature-related lesson plans compiled by an English teacher in Ontario, Ca. The selection includes everything from simple log sheets to term paper and discussion ideas. Though the lesson plans look dated, they are actually classic and still very useful for the English or language arts classroom!
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All materials have been designed and tested by classroom teachers. A very few links are, but MANY are not. This one is worth your time!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Heroes and Heroines in the Family - Yale University
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7 to 8
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Students analyze Native American, European, Puerto Rican, African, and American folk tales while strengthening vocabulary development, reading and writing abilities, interpersonal skills,...more
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Students analyze Native American, European, Puerto Rican, African, and American folk tales while strengthening vocabulary development, reading and writing abilities, interpersonal skills, and creativity. Folktales chosen as the basis for this unit explore the universal theme of using strength and intellect to accomplish great feats.
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Discuss what qualities heroes share. After going through the lessons students are asked to write their own folk or fairy tale about present day life. Have them write their modern-day version of a heroic tale. Discuss who modern heroes are, and what characteristics they share with the classical ones.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Folktales - The Mirror of Humanity - Yale University
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5 to 7
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This six-week unit uses a broad selection of tales, spanning many cultures and geographic regions, to introduce students to the imagery and symbolism universally found in this genre....more
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This six-week unit uses a broad selection of tales, spanning many cultures and geographic regions, to introduce students to the imagery and symbolism universally found in this genre. Timeless questions about our human existence are examined as students move toward a clearer, more compassionate understanding of the human condition across cultural, geographic, and chronological boundaries. Detailed lesson plans and related activities are included.
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To begin, read the folk tales as class, and then discuss the idea of symbols. What do certain elements in the stories represent? As you read more and more, remind your students to try to identify which symbols or images play an important role in the story development, and discuss what these items mean after you finish reading.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Folktales: Oral Traditions as a Basis for Instruction in our Schools - Yale University
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6 to 8
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Using selected fairy tales divided into four general themes, "The Trickster Gets Tricked," "Where Dreams Come True," "Clever Animal," and "Tales of Enchantment," this unit involves...more
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Using selected fairy tales divided into four general themes, "The Trickster Gets Tricked," "Where Dreams Come True," "Clever Animal," and "Tales of Enchantment," this unit involves students in observing, writing, reading, and expressing what they have experienced. Students practice oral storytelling, compose modern versions of familiar tales, and learn techniques for evaluating their own writing and that of their classmates.
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Have students blog about their favorite passages or examples of characterization using Penzu, reviewed here. With Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. Have students create story maps of these classic tales or produce their own "skit" versions to record on video and share on TeacherTube, reviewed here, or SchoolTube, reviewed here. Create a copy of the Story List and make it available on your teacher public page for students to select and read their stories of choice during a unit on folktales/fairy tales. World language classes can read these English language versions of tales from the land/language they are studying and write dialog between characters in their new language. Students could also create scenes using a comic creation tool like Make Beliefs Comix, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Detective Fiction: Focus on Critical Thinking - Yale University
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5 to 7
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Develop students' critical thinking skills and problem solving strategies through a study of the crime fiction genre. Though very plain-Jane looking, studentswill explore the elements...more
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Develop students' critical thinking skills and problem solving strategies through a study of the crime fiction genre. Though very plain-Jane looking, studentswill explore the elements of detective fiction, learn how to apply the scientific method, and create an original detective story with this site. The first part of this site is research and information about integrating the crime fiction genre into different subjects.
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Lesson Plan Four has complete directions for writing a detective fiction. Have students create a storyboard to help make the story creation go smoothly. Replace paper and pencil using a digital storyboard like the Story Map, reviewed here, or SuperNotecard, reviewed here. Then have students use Book Creator, reviewed here, to share their stories with peers and family. Remember to put student stories on your wiki or teacher website!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cultural Unity Through Folk tales - Yale University
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7 to 12
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This site is basically for the teacher. The lesson plans include background research and resources for Folktales, Tricksters, Creation Stories, Cinderella Stories, a separate bibliography...more
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This site is basically for the teacher. The lesson plans include background research and resources for Folktales, Tricksters, Creation Stories, Cinderella Stories, a separate bibliography for students and teachers, and an appendix that lists all the Paul Bunyan tales. The site also has lesson plans and lots of suggested activities. Study folktales and legends to discover the diversity and the essential unity of cultures.
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Introduce your students to folktales, tricksters, or one of the others using the information you gain from this site. Whether you choose to put a lecture on video or present the information in another way, have student take online notes using Simplenote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simplenote updates across all devices. Then have students choose stories (folktale, etc.) to read independently or in small groups and have them try to find what qualities the tales share. Have students collaborate to create a map of where the stories they chose to read take place using MapHub, reviewed here. Students can add icons, text, images, and location stops.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hero's Journey - ReadWriteThink
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4 to 12
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This resource from ReadWriteThink is an interactive guide to the structure of myths and mythology and the hero's journey. The site offers ideas on telling mythological stories, and...more
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This resource from ReadWriteThink is an interactive guide to the structure of myths and mythology and the hero's journey. The site offers ideas on telling mythological stories, and it illustrates how the structures of these ancient stories have been adapted over the centuries. Using this interacrtive, students can plan out a hero's journey of their own.
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Introduce this activity with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate the site. Pair weaker readers with a stronger one and have student pairs read the information Have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. Students could then copy over the plan they have for their own hero's journey in their blog. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. Once students have finished writing the journey, have them publish it for their parents and peers using a tool like Ourboox, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Read Up On It! - Library of Canda
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1 to 12
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Though this site is archived, it is still intact and ready for use. This site promotes reading in themes from the Canadian Library. The themes are designed to promote reading ...more
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Though this site is archived, it is still intact and ready for use. This site promotes reading in themes from the Canadian Library. The themes are designed to promote reading and give educators resources that worked for this group. It promotes children's literature also. The site itself contains reading lists in French and English. The lists are centered around themes. There is also ways to share your success with the kit and pose questions in an open forum. They offer tips and suggestions on ways to encourage reading and learning among children and adolescents.
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Use these recommended book lists and discussion questions as a way to inject something new into your classroom. If there is a theme that matches up with one already existing in the classroom, this website is excellent for enrichment. Use the free recommendations in your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Aaron Shepard - Aaron Shepard
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1 to 8
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Author's On Line homepage for Aaron Shepard is a site that provides lots of info and resources for using reader's theater in conjunction with plays, manuscripts, and folktales; appropriate...more
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Author's On Line homepage for Aaron Shepard is a site that provides lots of info and resources for using reader's theater in conjunction with plays, manuscripts, and folktales; appropriate for all elementary grade levels. On this page you'll find loads of resources and treats (printable posters, music etc.) for teachers, librarians, storytellers, children's writers, parents, and young people -- all from award-winning children's author Aaron Shepard. His specialty is retold folktales. You'll also find information on Aaron, his books, and his author visits. Other offerings include worksheets, examples of scripting sheets you can use or learn to do it yourself, tips for using RT, and links to other references. You can search among the many materials available by genre, country, historical period, theme, etc.
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Click on Aaron's RT Page to find scripts for plays and tales you can use in the classroom. Use this website to find hints on how to dramatize the literature or folklore you're studying in the classroom. ESL students will find using Reader's Theater particularly helpful as they can read, speak, and listen to the materials and have more chances at comprehension. Similarly, students who are visual or oral learners will benefit from the multi-sensory presentations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Katherine Paterson
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4 to 8
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This is the official homepage of award-winning author Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia. (Newberry 1978). Site includes an annotated booklist, frequently asked questions,...more
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This is the official homepage of award-winning author Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia. (Newberry 1978). Site includes an annotated booklist, frequently asked questions, audio of songs from stage productions of some of her books and links to Amazon.com to purchase titles. Although she is a well-loved and respected author, this site is a bit disappointing - lacking lessons, activities, or other enhancements.
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Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - University of Pittsburgh
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3 to 12
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Includes translations of many Germanic-rooted myths, legends and stories. The texts are categorized. Also gives many additional links to other tales and legends. Excellent source for...more
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Includes translations of many Germanic-rooted myths, legends and stories. The texts are categorized. Also gives many additional links to other tales and legends. Excellent source for comparison studies of specific tales such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.
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Ask students to choose a favorite tale and record and share the stories with tools such as Zeemaps, reviewed here. Zeemaps allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location (on a map) where the story takes place. Challenge cooperative learning groups to modernize one of the tales and create a podcast by using sites such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Help students create a checklist or rubric to use for self-evaluation or peer review. Use a tool like Quick Rubric, reviewed here, for the checklist and rubric. Use this same document to help students make constructive suggestions for story revisions. Use an online tool such as the 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams, reviewed here. to create a visual comparison of different folk tales and story patterns.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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