In this activity, students read a poem and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
This writing activity for gifted learners might serve as a culminating activity or final assessment as part of a larger fiction-based genre study. Students will take part in close readings of a variety of fictional genres throughout the unit, such as parables, fables, folktales, fairy tales, myths, novels, and even poetry. In this activity, gifted learners would work independently to close read The 13 Clocks by James Thurber. They will work to decipher the story and it’s genre, analyzing major components of the story (such as a central message, characters, setting, and/or events in the story) and evaluating those components by the various genre criteria they learned about in class and through their own online research. This will culminate in an opinion piece arguing as to the genre of The 13 Clocks and potentially the creation of a new genre. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
Epic has over 25,000 books, videos and quizzes for students. Elementary teachers are able to sign up for a free account and use the Epic library with their students. Students will learn how to navigate a digital library and use appropriate tools to aid in their reading. In this activity, students will be introduced to fables and will use Microsoft Paint or Google Drawings to illustrate the moral of the story.
Mehded Maryam Sinclair has written for Highlights. In this folktale, Nasreddin Hodja wonders why watermelons and walnuts grow the way they do. Hodja’s character is a repeating figure in folktales from the Muslim world. As students read, they take notes on what happens to Hodja.
In this informational text, Barbara Radner explores what a fable is. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this informational text provided by NASA, the author discusses what spacewalks are and how astronauts stay safe when they leave their spacecraft
This resource uses a modern retelling of "The Dog and the Wolf" by Aesop to present a moral or lesson to a story. Students must first determine the meaning of unknown words to aid in comprehension. Then students will identify a moral or lesson and explain how key details from the text support it.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
In this activity, students read a fable and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.
Students will read, discuss and write about the novel Wonder by RJ Palacio.
In this activity, students read a story and answer questions about the text. The resource contains guided reading and assessment questions.