Working in small groups, scholars look closely at a children's book to evaluate narrative techniques. Next, they complete a Children's Book Scavenger Hunt worksheet to analyze the literary elements of their selected stories. 

Concepts

personal narratives, personal narrative writing, fictional narratives, frederick douglass, children's literature, literary themes, literary elements

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• List popular children's stories or movies and ask learners to identify their themes

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson two from the 12-part Grade 7 ELA Module 3, Unit 3 series
• Order matters
• Requires 10–15 children's books, ideally one book for every two students

Pros

• Offers strategies for lesson differentiation 
• Includes sentence stems to encourage productive small-group discussions

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.7.3.a W.7.3.b W.7.3.c W.7.3.d W.7.3.e L.7.1.a L.7.1.b