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Language Arts
- The Bundle of Sticks (Aesop's Fables)
- The Lion and The Mouse (Aesop's Fables)
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Charlotte's Web
- Charlotte's Web Introduction
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 1
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 2
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 3
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 4
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 5
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 6
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 7
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 8
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 9
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 10
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 11
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 12
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 13
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 14
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 15
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 16
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 17
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 18
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 19
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 20
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 21
- Charlotte's Web Chapter 22
- Charlotte's Web Extension Activities
- Charlotte's Web TEKS
- Charlotte's Web Meet Your Storyteller
- Chris Van Allsburg Unit
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Freckle Juice
- Fun in the Mud
- Essay Outline
- Laura Numeroff Series
- The Magic Paintbrush
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- The Monkey's Paw
- The Napping House
- The Nature of Happiness
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Number the Stars
- Number The Stars Introduction
- Number the Stars Chapter 1
- Number the Stars Chapter 2
- Number the Stars Chapter 3
- Number the Stars Chapter 4
- Number the Stars Chapter 5
- Number the Stars Chapter 6
- Number the Stars Chapters 7-8
- Number the Stars Chapters 9-10
- Number the Stars Chapters 11-12
- Number the Stars Chapters 13-15
- Number the Stars Chapters 16-17
- Number the Stars Meet Your Storytellers
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Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes: Introduction
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 1
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 2
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 3
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 4
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 5
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 6
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 7
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 8
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Chapter 9
- Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes Extension Activities
- Stellaluna
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Introduction
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 1
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 2
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 3
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 4
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 5
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 6
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 7
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 8
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 9
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Section 10
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Extension Activities
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - TEKS
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Meet Your Storyteller
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To Kill A Mockingbird
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Introduction
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 1-3
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 4-6
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 7-9
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 10-12
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 13-15
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 16-18
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 19-21
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 22-24
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 25-27
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 28-31
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Extension Activities
- To Kill a Mockingbird - TEKs
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Meet Your Storyteller
- The William Hoy Story
- Wonder
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Wonderstruck
- Wonderstruck - Introduction
- Wonderstruck - Part 1 - pages 4-55
- Wonderstruck - Part 1 - pages 56-93
- Wonderstruck - Part 1 - pages 94-133
- Wonderstruck - Part 1 - pages 134-193
- Wonderstruck - Part 1 - pages 194-225
- Wonderstruck - Part 2 - pages 226-263
- Wonderstruck - Part 2 - pages 264-307
- Wonderstruck - Part 2 - pages 308-357
- Wonderstruck - Part 2 - pages 358-403
- Wonderstruck - Part 2 - pages 404-459
- Wonderstruck - Part 2 - pages 460-489
- Wonderstruck - Part 3 - pages 490-519
- Wonderstruck - Part 3 - pages 520-555
- Wonderstruck - Part 3 - pages 556-587
- Wonderstruck - Part 3 - pages 588-629
- Wonderstruck - Extension Activities
- Wonderstruck - TEKs
- Wonderstruck - Meet Your Storytellers
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The Stranger
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One day in early fall, while Farmer Bailey is driving his truck, he hears a thump! He thinks he may have run over a deer, but when he gets out to check, he discovers that he has actually run over a man! Farmer Bailey takes him home, where he and his wife, Mrs. Bailey, discover that the stranger’s memory is gone. The stranger stays on the farm and helps with the crop.
Even though time goes by, the Bailey farm does not experience fall like the rest of the world — instead, it seems to be summer all the time. One day, after seeing geese flying south, the stranger realizes that he must leave. Soon, the leaves on the trees on the Bailey fair start to change color and the air becomes cool. Ever since then, summer lasts a week longer at the Bailey farm than anywhere else.
Activities
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Apostrophe
Length of Activity: 20 minutes
Directions: Read the sentences. Each sentence is missing at least one apostrophe. Edit the sentences by adding the necessary apostrophe(s).
Autumn Changes
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
Directions: In the book The Stranger, by Chris Van Allsburg, the stranger has an impact on the change of the seasons from summer to fall.
Cause and Effect
Length of Activity: 20 minutes
Directions: Can you identify any cause and effect relationships from the book The Stranger? Use the boxes below to share two cause and effect relationships from the story.
Character Study
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
Directions: Write about the stranger's actions, appearance, who he was at the beginning, and who he was at the end of the story.
Comprehension Questions
Length of Activity: 20 minutes
Directions: When the doctor came to check on the stranger, he took his temperature. When he left, he did not take his thermometer because he said "It's broken, the mercury is stuck at the bottom." Answer the following questions.
Dictionary Worksheet
Length of Activity: 30 minutes
Directions: After reading the story The Stranger, go through the book and select five words you are unfamiliar with. Write the five words in the spaces below. Write the definitions and also write a sentence of your own using the selected word.
Incomplete Sentences
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
Directions: Read the sentences and if they are complete, write a C. If they are incomplete, write I and correct the sentence.
Inferences
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
Directions: Make an inference regarding who or what you think the stranger is. Use information from the story that gives you clues to this information.
Point of View
Length of Activity: 20 minutes
Directions: In each pair of glasses, explain/define/or show examples of a point of view. When you are done, identify what point of view The Stranger is written in.
Pre-reading Activity
Length of Activity: 20 minutes
Directions: Before reading the book, The Stranger, observe the cover, title and the pictures and answer the following questions.
Simile
Length of Activity: 25 minutes
Directions: Read the sentences and write a simile of your own based on the story, The Stranger.
Story Moral
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
Directions: Define the moral of a story. Then, write the moral of this story.
Summary
Length of Activity: 30 minutes
Directions:Write a summary of the story. Be sure to include the title, author, setting, main characters, main events, problem and solution.
Word Bank
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
DIrections: Each sentence is missing a word. Select the correct word from the word bank to complete the sentences.
Words in Words
Length of Activity: 15 minutes
Directions: Look at the words you have been given. If you rearrange the letters, how many different words can you create? You do not have to use all of the letters in the word, but you cannot add any letters.
Your Stranger
Length of Activity: 35 minutes
Directions: In the story The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg, Farmer Bailey hit a stranger with is car, and then brought him back to his house. Imagine your family returned home with a stranger. Write a story about the events that unfold while the stranger is living with you.