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Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
Grades | 9 – 12 |
Lesson Plan Type | Unit |
Estimated Time | Eight 50-minute sessions |
Lesson Author |
Charleston, South Carolina |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 1 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades K – 2 | Calendar Activity |  March 2
Read Across America Day celebrates Dr. Seuss.
After sharing The Cat in the Hat and other patterned books with students, groups brainstorm sets of rhyming words and create a story using these words.
PRINTOUTS
Grades K – 12 | Printout | Graphic Organizer
Students use this graphic organizer to describe similarities and differences between two objects.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades 8 – 12 | Professional Library | Journal
Using Children's Literature to Spark Learning
Presents two brief articles--the first discusses purposes for using children's picture books in a secondary classroom, activities for children's literature, and integrating children's books into the classroom curriculum; and the second discusses using folktales in the classroom to engage reluctant readers and writers, suggests ideas/topics for folktale writing projects, lists writing prompts, and recommends folktales.