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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
  • Activity for writing. Teachnet
  • CyberGuide with activities for creating a daily schedule, going to Australia, and other online activities. Central Falls, RI, School District
  • Extension Activity for writing a story about a very bad day. Scholastic
  • Game Board Game Pieces Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Integrated Literature Unit with curricular connections. University of North Carolina
  • Lesson Plan with interdisciplinary activities. Mountain City, TN, Elementary School 
  • Lesson Plan includes identify cause and effect relationships. LessonPlansPage
  • Lesson Plan includes multiple writing activities. Pam Petty
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, creative writing, vocabulary, art, geography, science, and theater activities. California Theatre Center
  • Online Trivia Quiz Fun Trivia
  • Streaming Video The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • WebQuest focuses on various reading and writing tasks. Indianapolis, IN, Public Schools
  • WebQuest 2 focuses on various reading and writing tasks. Indianapolis, IN, Public Schools

 

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

  • Activities include summary, related readings, and curriculum tie-ins. Scroll down the page. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

  • Book Quiz Fun Trivia

  • Discussion Guide includes things to talk about, activities, and related web sites. The Writer Lady 

  • Discussion Questions One Book, Two Villages

  • Internet Hunt based on the novel. Cindy O'Hora

  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, activities, and a quiz. Young Hoosier Book Award

  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary, author information, chapter summaries, and an online quiz. Brooks County, GA, Middle School

  • Literature Circle Guide includes a summary, author information, discussion questions based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, and activities. Questions without answers. Scholastic

  • Phrase Match game of hangman. Word changes each time site is accessed. Daily-Tangents
  • Teaching Guide includes a summary, questions for discussion, and activities. Simon & Schuster
  • WebQuest focuses on writing newspaper articles. Township, IL, High School District

 
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.

  • Lesson Plan focuses on a math concept. Teachers.net

  • Questions focus on critical thinking. Valdosta State

  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 
Harry Sue by Sue Stauffacher
Although tough-talking Harry Sue would like to start a life of crime in order to be "sent up" and find her incarcerated mother, she must first protect the children at her neglectful grandmother's home day care center and befriend a paralyzed boy.
  • Booktalk Random House

  • Teacher's Guide includes a summary, author information, teaching ideas, thematic connections, and activities. Random House

 
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals.
  • Activities include matching, concentration, word search, and flash cards. Quia
  • Activity about sequencing. Quia
  • Hangman Game Quia
  • Lesson Plan with cross curricular activities, comparison stories, and related websites. Hubbard's Cupboard

  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

  • Online Game focuses on the introduction of body parts. Quia

 
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, and web links. South Carolina Association of School Librarians
  • Activities include the Internet, research, writing, vocabulary, and more. Marshall County, WV, Public Schools
  • Curriculum Guide includes synopsis, author information, discussion questions, and activities. William Allen White Children's Book Award
  • Lesson Plan includes information about the author, activities, related books and web links. Scroll down the page. Texas Bluebonnet Award

  • Quiz Timberlane, VA, Elementary School

  • Teacher's Guide includes techniques for literature circles and suggestions for reaching across the curriculum. Harper
  • WebQuest for creating poetry. Bowling Green State University

 
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world. 

 

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
  • Activities include reading and writing questions and cross-curricular ideas. Scroll down the page. Penguin Putnam
  • Activities includes a summary and classroom ideas. Reading to Kids

  • Crossword Puzzle ThinkQuest

  • Lesson Plan uses a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two main characters. Richland County, SC, School District
  • Lesson Plan about making predictions and comparing characters. Part of a webquest. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Lesson Plan with Internet activities for before, during, and after reading. Ball State University
  • Literature Circle Lesson  Appalachian State University
  • Online Quiz ThinkQuest
  • Quiz Quia
  • Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center
 
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.
  • Extension Activity includes writing Red Riding Hood's diary. Scholastic
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods
  • WebQuest for a book retelling of the story from another character's point of view. Madison, AL, Public Schools

 
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
  • Activities include playing with words, journal writing, story strips, and more. Nancy Polette
  • Activity that teaches students how to create a Claris slide show presentation of a popular children's book. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Schools, Canada
  • Activity for writing another version of a favorite story from another point of view. Teaching Ideas
  • Activity for comparing and contrasting versions of the story. Teachers.net
  • Extension Activity includes reading strategies to introduce the book and other classroom ideas. Scholastic
  • Lesson Plan features using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two versions of a story. Educator's Reference Desk
  • Lesson Plan teaches the concept of voting. Lesson Plans Page
  • Lesson Plan for writing a persuasive essay. Scholastic
  • Reader's Theater Reading Lady
  • Reader's Theater Timeless Stuff for Teachers-Rick Swallow
  • Technology Lesson for finding a thing, happening, or word for each letter of the alphabet to illustrate a sentence in the story. Oak Park Elementary, IL, School District

 

The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.
  • Novel Study Unit includes weekly readings, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension questions, literary activities, and Internet-based enrichment. Yennadon (Canada) Elementary School
  • Worksheet Taking Grades Publishing Company

 

Wolf by Becky Bloom
A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.

  • Activities includes a summary and classroom ideas. Reading to Kids

  • Related Web Sites for teaching across the curriculum. Nevada Young Readers' Award

  • Related Web Sites for teachers and students. Murrietta Valley, CA, Unified School District

  • Teacher's Guide focuses on tolerance with activities for before, during, and after reading. Scroll down the page. Reading Is Fundamental

 

The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Depicts how A was in an avalanche, B was badly bitten, C was cut to ribbons, and the other letters of the alphabet suffered similar mishaps.
  • Activities include matching, word search, and concentration. Quia
  • Lesson Plan focuses on alliteration. Allyn & Bacon
  • Teacher's Guide includes a summary, special features, reading and writing activities, and a read aloud lesson. Houghton Mifflin

 

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