Instructions: 

Assignments:

Books: 

 

Elementary School

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By: Eric Carle

Introduction: 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a picture book for children that follows the life cycle of a caterpillar. The book teaches the days of the week and counting.

 

Activity: 

Every student will be sat down in a circle for story time where we will begin to read the story. Once students are finished asking a question they will be asked to go to their desk where they will find a worksheet with the days of the week where they will learn how to trace the letters and learn the days of the week.

 

Discussion Question:

1. How is the butterfly "born"?

2. What does the caterpillar stay in before it turns into a butterfly?

 

 

There's a Wocket in my Pocket!

By: Dr. Seuss

Introduction: 

There’s A Wocket In My Pocket is about a boy talking about the strange creatures that live in his house. The yeps on the steps, the nooth grush on his toothbrush, the wasket in his basket, and even more!

 

Activity:

Students will come together in a circle for story time and they will read the book. Then they will go to the desk where they will work on something quite. While one student comes over to a table with the teacher and use rhyming words from the book and match them to other rhyming words.

 

Discussion Question:

1. Name the different creature in the book.

2. Draw some of the creatures you see when reading.  

 

The Giving Tree

By: Shel Silverstein

Introduction: 

The Giving Tree is about a tree who loves a boy. The boy visits the tree every day to play. He gathers the leaves of the tree, plays on the branches, and eats its apples. As the boy grows older he starts to ask the tree for more and more.

 

Activity: 

The book will be read to the students in the class. They will go to the desk where they will find brown and green construction paper cut up, and they will use their imaginations and make their own tree. Once the students are finished with their tree than out of cutting out words the students will put words together to make their own giving sentence.

 

Discussion Question:

1. Name any material that the tree can transform into.

2. Infer as to why the boy asks the tree to give him anything he wants. 

3. Why did the tree have nothing left to give to the boy?

 

Horton Hears A Who

By: Dr. Seuss 

Introduction: 

Horton the elephant hears a faint noise coming from a very small speck of dust. From what Horton can tell it sounds like a little person calling for help. Who is calling for help might you ask? Read to find out!

 

Activity:

This book will be read to the students in the class. Once the book is completed the students will be asked to go to their desk and they will find an elephant cut out on their desk with questions that they need to answer for a grade. The questions that they will answer will be who, what, where, how, and when.

 

Discussion Question:

1.Where does Horton find the speck of dust? 

2. What are the names of the people that live in Whoville?

 

Middle School

Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed From A Single Word

By: Bob Raczka

Introduction:  

Lemonade is a poetry book for children that captures their daily life and includes a puzzle within the poem for the children to solve. Do you want your class to truly be involved when teaching poetry? This is the perfect poetry book for you!

 

Activity:

Students will read the book in class and pick out their favorite poem and explain why it is their favorite in a group setting. After the students will be given the option to write their own poem or create their own puzzle similar to the book's poems and puzzles. 

 

Discussion Question:

1. Pick a poem and explain why it stood out to you.

2. Compare two poems you see in this book and tell how they are alike.  

 

High School

The Raven

By: Edgar Allen Poe

Introduction:  

The narrator, who is mourning the loss of his love Lenore receives a mysterious midnight visit from a talking raven. Curious about what happens next? Read to find out!

 

Activity: 

Students will be assigned to read this book on their assigned day, the next day students will come in to talk about what they read. Once the book is finished the students will then write a paper on what they thought about it and why.

 

Discussion Question:

1. How would you describe the feeling you have when reading this poem?

2. Who is the narrator's beloved?

Interactive Activity:  

Have students memorize the poem "The Raven" then complete this quiz on https://www.sporcle.com/games/betraisefold/the_raven. When the student is done, have the student send the results to me. If you do not have internet access, please tell the teacher for other arrangements can be made. 

 

Milk and Honey 

By: Rupi  Kaur

Introduction:  

 

Milk and Honey is a poetry book and its main topic is survival. The book includes poetry about violence, love, abuse, loss and even more!

 

Activity:

Students will be assigned to read the book on their own. Once they are finished they need to write a paper on how the book made them feel and why. For a more interactive assignment, the students would write their own poem about one of the topics Rupi wrote about in the book and share it with the class.

 

Discussion Question:

1. Why do you think that the author divided each chapter up based on each different purpose? 

2. Which genre (violence, love, loss, femininity) was your favorite and why?