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Bright Morning: Exploring Character Development in Fiction
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Minilesson |
| Estimated Time | 40 minutes |
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Blacksburg, Virginia |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity | May 23
Author Scott O'Dell was born on this day.
Students select a set of books to read and compare fiction and nonfiction books and discuss their findings as a class. Students can follow up by writing short stories about the topics they explored.
Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity | July 19
Children's publisher John Newbery was born in 1713.
Each student chooses a book that is special and writes a short story about why it deserves special mention. Students can plan the pages of their own stories and then make a Stapleless Book or use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Professional Library | Book
Standards in Practice, Grades 3–5
Recognizing that the literacy demands that our students now face require their active involvement in their own learning, the author and three other successful teachers have developed a wide variety of ways to encourage that involvement.