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Episode 50 — Goosebumps!
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| Grades | K – 5 |
| Podcast Series | Chatting About Books: Recommendations for Young Readers See all episodes in this series iTunes Subscription  |
| Duration | 12:39 |
| Original Air Date | Published October 15, 2012 |
Music in this podcast is provided by Freeplay Music. |
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Lesson Plans
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Thrills! Chills! Using Scary Stories to Motivate Students to Read
Students examine story elements through teacher read-alouds and independent reading and then use reader-response journals and graphic organizers to prepare for the creation of their own scary stories.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Students analyze scary stories to 'break the code" of horror writing and use what they learn to write scary stories of their own.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Teaching the Epic through Ghost Stories
In this lesson, students connect to the oral tradition of epic storytellers by sharing their own oral tales of ghosts and goblins and monsters.
Calendar Activities
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.