In this unique resource, a teacher shares her hands-on activities for teaching students literary elements. Activities like Setting Pop-ups, Paper-Chain Characters, Plot Mini-Book, and Theme in a Bottle help students "learn by doing." The activities build on students’ multiple intelligences, giving all students a chance to learn information in the way they learn best. Includes reproducible student direction sheets and rubrics. For use with Grades 4-8.
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Susan Van Zile was Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year in 1999. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience. This is her first professional book for Scholastic.
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87 of 88 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for Middle School Teachers,
By Susan (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Awesome Hands-on Activities for Teaching Literary Elements (Paperback)
This is a wonderful resource for middle school reading teachers. Hands-on projects make books so much easier to comprehend for students and this book has great, fun ideas. My students love pop-up books and when they can make their own they develop a new love for reading. That's just one of many inventive, interesting projects in this book. I recommend it for all elementary and middle school teachers.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good but time-consuming,
By 4 to 6 teach (KS United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Awesome Hands-on Activities for Teaching Literary Elements (Paperback)
The activities in this book at great for getting students excited about their independent or class novels. The projects do take some time to complete. Great to use every once in awhile but not everyday.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for differentiation!,
By Butterflywings (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Awesome Hands-on Activities for Teaching Literary Elements (Paperback)
I am using this book with some high third grade readers. They love the chance to do something more open-ended other than read a book and answer worksheets. Try it!
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Mentally visualizing characters and events described in a story is one strategy employed by good readers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following group roles, initiating conflict, use this activity, rising action, plot diagram, falling action, paper character, oak tag, literary elements, white construction paper Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Group Score, Teacher's Score, Annemarie Johansen, Character Matrix, Maniac Magee, Number the Stars, Plot Diagram Mountain, Total Points Earned, Total Points Possible New!
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Mentally visualizing characters and events described in a story is one strategy employed by good readers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following group roles, initiating conflict, use this activity, rising action, plot diagram, falling action, paper character, oak tag, literary elements, white construction paper Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Group Score, Teacher's Score, Annemarie Johansen, Character Matrix, Maniac Magee, Number the Stars, Plot Diagram Mountain, Total Points Earned, Total Points Possible New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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books:
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor on page 61
- Into Focus: Understanding and Creating Middle School Readers by Kylene Beers in Back Matter
- How the Brain Learns by David A. Sousa in Back Matter
- Developing Students' Multiple Intelligences (Grades K-8) by Kristen Nelson in Back Matter
- Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, 2nd edition by Thomas Armstrong in Back Matter
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