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Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 50-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Blacksburg, Virginia |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Investigating Genre: The Case of the Classic Detective Story
After critiquing a list of conventions for the genre, students read, view, or listen to a classic
mystery, and then produce a mystery of their own, reflecting on the purposeful ways in which
they adhered to or altered the genre conventions.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Students can generate descriptive timelines that can be plotted with their choice of units of measure (date, time, event, entry, or other).
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 1 – 5 | Calendar Activity | February 11
Students read one of Jane Yolen's books, retell the story in the form of a puppet show, research animals in the book, and document their findings with the Animal Study interactive tool.
Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity | October 31
Students research information on Halloween, create masks or costumes from a text they are reading, or write a narrative essay describing their best Halloween ever.
Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity | November 8
In 1847, Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula was born.
Students brainstorm the superstitions they know and small groups research one of the superstitions to determine its origin and meaning or purpose. Students can write about the superstition using the Mystery Cube interactive.
Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity | February 3
In 1927, Joan Lowery Nixon was born.
As a class, a genre study of mysteries takes place and a chart is made about what makes a good mystery.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades 8 – 12 | Professional Library | Journal
Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts
Describes how an English teacher uses ghost stories in his classroom to further students' interest in and understanding of epics. Presents a short unit in which all the class work focuses on scary kinds of things.
PODCAST EPISODES
Grades K – 5 | Podcast Episode
Make your spine tingle with these spooky books for readers young and old!