LITERATURE ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS

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The 100 Acre Wood -
Home to Winnie the Pooh and
All of His Friends
Share some history, passages, letters, coloring pages,
songs, recipes and much more about Winnie the Pooh.

101 Things to Do with Books
A listing of 101 cards for students to use for connecting
with books from character study to vocabulary to library projects.

450 More Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s
for the Primary Grades
Free activities from the book.

A-Z Teacher Stuff – Children’s Literature Activities Index
Activities and lesson plans for 450+ book.
Listed alphabetically by book title has a search engine.

Aesop’s Fables
Collection of over 600 fables with lesson plans –
some with pictures and audio.

ARTSEDGE Teaching Materials
Story outlines and student activity sheets from the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Includes The Little Princess, Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and others.

Banned Book Quest
A webquest that looks at different perspectives on censorship.

Better Book Reports - 25 Ideas!
Unique ideas for books reports

The Biography Maker
Create an imaginary character or use a character
from a story to recreate a person’s life.

BookBlast!
Reading lists, activities, games, reading skillbuilder,
and more for children and parents.

Book Rags
Provides classic literature study guides.

Book Units
Collection of lesson, units, and activities for books
from preschool to grade twelve.

Books Alive!
Downloadable powerpoint presentations created by
students in Florida and Kansas that describe the
elements of the books they read.

Books and Bytes
Books with educational hotlists to support the use of the book
in the classroom.

Caldecott Medal
A list of Caldecott medal winners with book
and author information and lesson plans
and activities for many of the books.

Celebrate Poetry All Year Long
Creative ways to use poetry through an entire school year.

Charlotte's Web
Creative supplemental resources for this favorite book.

Children's Literature Activities for the Classroom
Links to activities arranged by grade level, title, and genre.

Children's Literature - Beyond Basals
Hundreds of guides for using children's literature
in the K-12 classroom. Site is searchable.

Creative Classroom Online
Free professional magazine for K-6 teachers.
Includes a section called Bookmarks with
reviews and activities for books for kids.

CyberGuides
Guides on core works of popular children’s and
young adult literature.

Deep in the Bush, Where People Rarely Ever Go
Lesson plans using African folktales.
Includes a play of the folktales and coloring sheets.

DLTK’s Book Breaks
Links to coloring pages, printable posters and bookmarks,
and activities for favorite book characters including
Arthur, Curious George, and Brown Bear

Doucette Index: K-12 Lesson Ideas for Literature
An searchable index of lesson plans for K-12 Literature

Folktales
Complete lesson plans for using folktales in the curriculum.
From Saskatchewan Education in Canada.

Generic Lesson Plans About Novels
Links to specific novels and other resources.

Graphic Organizers
Organizers for character traits and story maps from the
Somer School District in Connecticut.

Harry Potter Lesson Plans
A collection of lesson plans and activities (educational board game,
crossword puzzle, script-writing lesson, book cover art, and more)
for using the Harry Potter series.

Inspiring Young Minds Want to Learn
Activities using Inspiration software for Knots on a Counting Rope by
Bill Martin, Jr. and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by
Tomie dePaola. Instructions and templates included.

Integrated Literature Units
Integrated curriculum units for children's books from the
Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center at the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte. Searchable by author and title.

Integrating Literature into the Curriculum
Plans for curriculum integration.

K-5 Literature Database
Searchable database of literature lessons created by the library
media specialists in Chesterfield County Public Schools.

Language Arts Diagrams
Examples of literature graphic organizers using Inspiration software.

Lesson Plans for Children's Books
Lesson plans and classroom activities by book title.

Lit to Fit: Literature Lessons for Every Grade
Article with numerous links in Education World
about using literature in the classroom..

Literature Lessons
A monthly newsletter of timely lessons
for children's literature.

LiteraturePlace.com
A collection of literature-based resources.
Subscription service with some free guides and resources.
Free trial available.

Little House in the Big Woods
A site designed by a homeschooler that has
activities on figures of speech, vocabulary, and reading
comprehension and extension exercises
using the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Main Samplers
Literature-related activities with emphasis on
research and curriculum integration based
on the Maine Student Book Awards.

Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books
Instructional connections between different cultures and
trade books including technology connections.
Designed by Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools.)

Marcia Goudie's Literature Lesson Plans
Dozens of lesson plans in alphabetical order by title.

Mimi's Motifs
Cloth educational storytelling toys.
Products are not endorsed by RPS...just information only.

More Ideas Than You’ll Ever
Use for Book Reports
Over 300 ideas for book reports.

More Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s
Free activities from the book.

Move Over Mother Goose
Free activities from the book.

Mysteries
A list of mystery books with lesson plans, handouts,
web-based activities and links to other resources.

Nancy Pollette
Lesson plans based on books from a well-known authority
of children’s literature. New lesson added monthly.

Not Your Same Old Book Report
Directions for three dimensional reports to use
for book reports, author reports, and a variety
of other reading areas.

Novel and Picture Book Activities
Specific novel and picture book activities as well
as activities that can be used with any book.

PBS TeacherSource
Gateway to literature activities and lesson plans
that accompany PBS programs.

Picture Books to Teach Literary Devices
A list of picture books to teach alliteration, foreshadowing, metaphor, etc.

ReadingGroupGuides.com
Over 575 guides (mostly adult and classics)
to use for reading discussion groups.

Read Aloud Lesson Plans
Lesson plans for reading aloud with books.
From Kansas City Public Schools.

Sharing Poetry with Children
Ideas for getting students interested in poetry with a curriculum unit
that includes alliteration, animals poems, and a poetry bibliography.

Short Story Lesson Plans
Plans for teaching the short story including
a PowerPoint presentation.

Story Elements Chart
Features a lesson on how to create a story elements charts
using the The Talking Eggs by Robert San Souci.
(Literature Activities and Lesson Plans)

Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s
Free activities from the book.

Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s for the Primary Grades
Free activities from the book.

Talk It Up!
Book discussion guides from the
Multnomah County Public Library in Oregon.

Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange
Links to hundreds of literature lesson plans.

Understanding Literary Elements
A storybook lesson plan for generating a graphic organizer
for use with first grade using Inspiration Software.

Using Picture Books to Teach Narrative and Six Trait Writing
A bibliography of children's literature that will serve
both students and teachers as models of good
literature for narrative writing.
(Literature Activities and Lesson Plans)

Weekly Reader
Activities divided by grade level and
correlated to Weekly Reader.

Write to Read Project in Historical Fiction
A project explaining why authors use history to help create
a fictional story and how students can create
their our own historical fiction.

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Literature WebQuests.

Updated 1/16/02