Tennessee Blueprint - Chapter 19 - 20

Fourth graders read a short story and then answer questions based on what they read. Learners are asked to support their answers with evidence from the text.

To prepare for an assessment of how well individuals are progressing with their ability to identify and analyze figurative language and its effect on tone and meaning, pairs work through Chapter Four of Christopher Paul Curtis'...

Accompany a reading of Madeleine L'Engle's classic tale, A Wrinkle in Time, with a detailed guide equipped with 15 informative and useful chapters. Scholars discover who the author is, why she wrote the book, and crucial story elements...

Individuals utilize the strategies practiced in the previous activity to complete a mid-unit assessment on figurative language and how Christopher Paul Curtis uses word choice to create meaning in Bud, Not Buddy.

What makes a good question? Middle schoolers explore the use of questioning through QAR, the question answer response strategy, while reading Where the Red Fern Grows. They learn about the four types of questions: right there, think...

A great resource for chapter 2 of Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman, this instructional activity asks learners to respond to a series of lower- and higher-level questions using complete sentences following a class discussion....

After reading "All Summer in a Day," by Ray Bradbury, have your learners respond to these questions. The activity starts out with comprehension questions and moves into higher-level inference and judgment questions. This could be used in...

Follow Alice as she travels through Wonderland with a set of lessons based on the first chapter of the book. Learners discuss key moments and ideas from chapter 1 before answering a series of comprehension questions about what they have...

True or false? Scholars read chapter four of World without Fish and explore the idea of a myth. They discuss in triads the meaning of the myth of nature’s bounty. Learners annotate the text on sticky notes and then answer...

Students investigate syllabic metre and rhyming techniques by analyzing poetry.  In this language arts lesson, students read the poem Considering the Snail and discuss the nature and mood of the poem with their classmates....