Children's Literature Lesson Plans, Authors Falconer-Funke

Olivia by Ian Falconer
A variety of learning activities, including social studies, art, math, and language arts.

Four activities including following a recipe to make pumpkin pie and then writing about it, noticing rhyming words, and making art from cut paper. Adobe Reader required for access.

Author interview, pre-reading questions, discussion guide, and ideas for post-reading activities.

Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

Summary and suggestions for activities. This 2-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

By reading and rereading the passage closely, and focusing their reading through a series of questions and discussion about the text, students will identify how and why Feynman started to look at the world through the eyes of a scientist. When combined with writing about the passage, students will discover how much they can learn from a memoir. Designed for grade 6. Word processor required.

Summary, prereading activities, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies, and more.

Summary, prereading activities, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies, and more.

10 discussion questions.

Author interview, with emphasis on Galaxy Games .

Prereading, questions for discussion, crosscurricular activities, and vocabulary words.

Discussion questions. This 2-page document requires Adobe Reader for access.

Summary, analysis, and 3 sets of discussion questions based on themes in the story.

Practice with the letter "D," different dog breeds, the color black, and visual discrimination (a "match-the-dogs" game). Includes suggestions for other activities. Adobe Reader required for access.

Practice with the letter "G" and with different animals and their sounds. Adobe Reader required for access.

Paul Fleischman
Lesson plans and activities for Bull Run , Seedfolks , and Whirligig .

Sid Fleischman
Lesson plans and activities for By the Great Horn Spoon!

This lesson begins on p. 52 (56th page of document). It includes a pre-reading poem and discussion, during-reading, and post-reading activities, extension activities, and a take-home activity. Adobe Reader required. This document is very large; let it load completely before you work with it.

Prereading, discussion questions, followup activities, and related Web links. Access to this 2-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.

The author's official site.

In this unit students explore the changes that have taken place in their communities. Designed for 20 lessons over 6 weeks. Includes journal prompts, research, figurative language, suggestions for field trips and guest speakers, more. 12 pages; Adobe Reader required.

Using Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson and Q is for Duck by Michael Folsom and Mary Elting mentor texts, students take pictures of the alphabet in the environments of their classroom and home. They compile the photos into a book. Focuses on organization.

Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

Everything you need: objectives, lesson plan, teaching strategies, worksheets, writing activities, games, and online versions of the story. These lessons are designed for hearing-impaired students and can also be used for students who have trouble reading.

Mem Fox
Lesson plans for Koala Lou, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge , and other books.

Prereading, discussion questions, followup activities, and related Web links. Access to this 2-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.

After reading Debra Frasier聮s book Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster , students write a script that describes a personified vocabulary word's stroll up and down the runway at a creative fashion show. Students will then team up with students who've scripted different vocabulary words, combine scripts, add transition words in between the "models," and perform their vocabulary fashion shows for the class.

Lesson plans for the Patience Goodspeed books.

Corduroy by Don Freeman
Lesson plans and activities for teaching this children's book.

Questions with emphasis on economic concepts of price, economic wants, scarcity, opportunity cost, and supply and demand.

Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

This writing task includes prompt, graphic organizer, student handout, and a model essay. Emphasis is on providing evidence to support an inference. 6 pages; word processor required.

Summary, analysis, and 4 sets of discussion questions based on different themes in the story, including some questions related to mathematics (zero and negative numbers).

Cornelia Funke
Lesson plans for Dragon Rider , Inkheart , and other books.