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Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Two or three 50- to 60-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Trumbull, Connecticut |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 1 – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story
Through a close reading of Amelia Bedelia, students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.
MOBILE APPS
Grades 3 – 8 | Mobile App
Invigorate students' writing with an interactive tool that allows them to demonstrate their comprehension using a mobile app.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades K – 8 | Professional Library | Book
Trading Cards to Comic Strips: Popular Culture Texts and Literacy Learning in Grades K-8
This resource shows how to use television, movies, video games, music, magazines, and other media to motivate students and enhance literacy learning.

