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Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor PPTSong of the Trees by Mildred Taylor PPT
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Prezi
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Grade
3rd - 7th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Number of Slides
24
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Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor

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Explore the literary elements of Mildred Taylor's Song of the Trees with this beautiful Prezi presentation. Focusing on the story's characters, setting, and major plot points, young readers are provided with a complete summary of this historical fiction novella. Engage students by assigning them each a section of the presentation to share with the class as part of a review following a reading of the story.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

plot elements, plot, setting, literary elements, characters

Additional Tags

prezi, song of the trees, mildred taylor, setting, plot, characters, literary elements, narrative elements, plot elements, english language arts

Pros

  • Presentation allows you to move through sequentially or pick and choose which sections to focus on
  • The theme of the presentation is aligned with the story

Cons

  • The sequence of the presentation makes it a little hard to follow

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.6.3 RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.7.3

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