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Oral Reports through 'Personality Bags'

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Students prepare an oral book report on a biography they have read. They bring in a bag of objects they associate with the report's subject and use them as props for the report.

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biographies, oral reports, report props, english language arts
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4th - 6th
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English Language Arts
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5 days
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