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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar: Chapter 12

For Students 4th - 6th
For this literature response worksheet, students illustrate a scene and write about two quotations in Chapter 12 of Holes by Louis Sachar.
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The Mormon Trail Through Iowa

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read selections from travel diaries and create their own travel diary.  In this Mormon Trail through Iowa lesson, students discover background of the Mormon Trek of 1846 and discuss how a group may be persecuted for...
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Discussion Director

For Students 6th - 9th
In this discussion activity worksheet, students read the descriptions of several individual roles for book discussion groups. Students then complete specific activities based on the role they take.
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The Book Project

For Teachers 4th - 9th
In this book project worksheet, students select a container to decorate and fill with questions, vocabulary, and other items that depict the elements of the text in some way.
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A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars examine historical photographs and discuss what the photograph reveals and how they can contribute to writing. In this response to literature  students choose a photograph and develop a paragraph around it.
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Come On, Rain!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read and analyze the story. In this language arts lesson, students read Come on, Rain! and examine how mood and tone are created, the use of figurative language and the characteristics of the genre. Students research the time...
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Out of the Dust

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners choose an individual project or a group project to culminate the reading of Out of the Dust.  In this Out of the Dust instructional activity, students have a choice of creative projects to complete after they have finished the...
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A Biography of Amir Khan

For Students 4th - 6th
In this literature learning exercise, students read a biography about Amir Khan, a middleweight boxer who won an Olympic bronze in Athens. They identify whether each statement is true or false. Then, students look at his career and...
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"Charlotte's Web" - Transfer of Learning Across the Curriculum: From Literature to Science

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars research and write about the parts of a spider's body using educational software. They draw spiders using computer software.
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Connecting Rembrandt and J.R. Tolkien

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students trace continuous thread of art from the 17th to the 20th century. They compare and contrast the painter Rembrandt with the writer Tolkien. They prepare and deliver an individual presentation.
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Finding Buck Henry

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students read and demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process via the novel "Finding Buck Henry." They recognize complex elements of plot. Students analyze devices used to develop characters in...
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A Simile and Metaphor Lesson

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students use their knowledge of similes and metaphors to analyze poetry. In this poetry and language instructional activity, students read examples of similes and metaphors and write their own examples that describe their city,...
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Skellig by David Almond

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this Skellig worksheet, students write an essay about how Skellig changes Michael in the book. Students follow nine steps to help them prepare and then write the essay.
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Freeze Frames

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform a series of stories or events. In this performing arts lesson, students strike a pose to create a picture from an event in a text. Students reflect on the characters and story line from the text.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer several chapter based questions after reading the novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.

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