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Timeline of Historical Fiction

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a historical fiction timeline. They review the literature through the perspective of history (writing prompts provided). Students create a book cover illustration to appear with the book review in the appropriate spot on...
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Daughters Come of Age in Women's Fiction

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Introduce your young readers to fiction written by women authors. For each story, they explore the way these daughters discover and claim their own identities. Individually, class members use the literature to examine their role in their...
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Creating a Science Fiction Story

For Teachers 7th - 12th
As the culminating activity in a unit study of science fiction, young writers demonstrate their understanding of the genre by producing their own graphic novel. After deciding on the main elements of their story, individuals use a comic...
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Non-Fiction Text Features

For Teachers 3rd
Distinguish between textual features of non-fiction in the book The Lewis and Clark Expedition and in the non-fiction story "Ta-Na-e-Ka." Third graders create posters and participate in group discussions to show their understanding of...
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Animal Fact or Fiction?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Read and discuss the article "Welcome to Cicadaville (Enter at Your Own Risk)" to gain a better understanding around the confusion regarding cicadas and locust swarms. In groups your young analysts research statements about animals to...
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Bringing Facts Into Science Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students develop a setting, plot and characters for a science fiction story based on current news themes, and then individually write drafts of the story.
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East Asian Fiction and Non-Fiction Books

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Readers explore East Asian culture and literature with a book folder project. Before beginning the project, learners record three beliefs they have about East Asian culture. They then select two books to read and create a display for the...
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Reading Fiction: Analyzing Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars investigate sentence construction in fiction.  In this sentence construction lesson, students examine examples of fiction work and discover why sentences are a certain length.  Young scholars create their own passages...
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The Importance Setting and Mood in Fiction

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the setting in pieces of fiction.  In this story analysis lesson plan, 7th graders investigate the setting in fictional stories and the importance it has.  Students discover new vocabulary terms applying to...
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Distinguishing Fiction and Non Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Have your class go on picture walks of different books, and identify them as either fiction or non fiction and why. Working in groups, kindergartners state whether the book tells information or comes from the author's imagination. Use...
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Hanging Out with Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Help your class listen and respond to a fictional story by creating a story structure mobile illustrating the main characters, setting, plot, problem, story events, and solution. Using a coat hanger, they will create an artistic element...
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Reading Fiction - Character

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The goal of this lesson is to have learners understand how character is created through a combination of what they say and do, and what others say about them. In pairs, learners construct a short dialogue between a parent and child after...
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Exploring Space Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visit web sites with information on space fiction and collect information for their stories.
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Historical Fiction- Thanksgiving

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students write a story. In this historical fiction lesson, students research how Thanksgiving began. Students write a fictional story where they are a main character of this time period.
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Fictional Narrative Writing in Mathematics

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss variety of fictional writing genres and connect each to familiar story that has been read, use creative and analytical skills to develop original piece of fictional writing that incorporates math skill, and share...
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Fiction Elements in Hatchet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read or listen to Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, identify elements of fiction, develop writing, thinking, and organizing skills, and create PowerPoint slides based on the story.
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Science Fiction

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners complete compare and contrast activities for two stories about racism and tolerance in the science fiction genre. In this literary analysis lesson, students read a Ray Bradbury short story and Walter Mosley poem, watch a related...
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Fictional Characters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fictional characters. In this fictional characters lesson plan, students hear information about a character then ask and answer questions. Students also answer true/false questions about the character and make a mini...
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Assignment # 1: Merry-Go-Round Story

For Teachers 9th
Class members use e-mail and the merry-go-round story format to create a science fiction story. Each writer begins by selecting one of three prompts, crafting the introductory paragraph and sending the paragraph to the next person on the...
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Science Fiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore writing science fiction books. For this creative writing lesson, students become familiar with science fiction and write their own science fiction story. Students use correct sentences and paragraph structure to write...
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Understanding Fantasy Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate storytelling elements by writing their own fiction stories.  In this creative writing instructional activity, students listen as the teacher reads a fictional story.  Students analyze the lack of rules in the story...
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Writing Fiction lesson plan

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students compose a opening paragraph that sets the scene and foreshadows events. In this writing fiction lesson, students write an opening paragraph about a mugging and describe the scene in a way that foreshadows something bad is...
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Muffins for a Moose

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research all the information they can about moose. After reading a book about the animal, they compare and contrast nonfiction and fiction books. To end the lesson, they use Crayola markets to draw their favorite scene from the...
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Quilt Squares-Literature Reporting

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Differentiate instruction with this crafty approach to demonstrating comprehension. Learners choose a fictional book at their reading level, and afterward create a quilt square. The square is "decorated" with words, illustrations, and...

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