Children's Literature Lesson Plans, Authors Babbitt-Baylor

Natalie Babbitt
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Tuck Everlasting , designed for grades 4-9.

Four activities to develop literacy skills.

How might students use storyboards to demonstrate and to extend their learning? Check the resources here. Students work with vocabulary, figurative language, point of view, more. Note: Storyboard That helps sponsor this site.

Blue Balliett
Lesson plans and activities for Chasing Vermeer , more.

Molly Bang Lesson Plans
Learning activities for Living Sunlight , Ten, Nine, Eight , and other books.

Summary, analysis, pre-reading questions and activity, and 3 sets of discussion questions based on themes of the story.

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 a prompt, graphic organizer, student handouts, and a model essay. Emphasis is on providing evidence. 5 pages; word processor required.

This teacher's guide includes summary and background information, prereading questions, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles and reader response, writing activities, strategies for ESL/ELL, and interdisciplinary connections.

Background, summary, vocabulary, pre-reading activities, literature circle roles, reader response and other writing prompts, ELL support, and interdisciplinary learning activities.

Students practice noting details. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a writing task, and additional learning activities. This unit plan is designed to last 5 days. 7 pages; word processor required.

Synopsis, prereading questions, vocabulary, postreading discussion questions, writing tasks, ELL/ESL strategies, interdisciplinary activities for math, science, drama, and art.

Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader responde and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.

The author's presentation at the 2008 National Book Festival.

Questions with emphasis on economic concepts of entrepreneur, producers, consumers, and profit.

Using I Was Walking Down The Road by by Sarah E. Barchas and Jack Kent as a mentor text, students work with rhythm, rhyme and alliteration to develop sentence fluency. Students write their own sentences and compile them into a class book.

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

Teaching resources include a captioned video of the story being read aloud (6:25) by Tia and Tamera Mowry and additional activities (downloadable). The video includes Sweet Honey in the Rock singing the song. The video resides at YouTube; the additional activities require Adobe Reader for access.

In this lesson students learn to identify text evidence that shows the author��s purpose is to entertain. Includes direct teaching chart, student handouts. This lesson is designed for second grade. Free registration required.

Judi Barrett
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs .

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

Gene Barretta
Lesson plans for Dear Dear and Now and Ben .

J. M. Barrie
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Peter Pan .

T. A. Barron
Lesson plans for The Hero's Trail .

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Lesson plans for Peter and the Starcatchers .

L. Frank Baum
Lesson plans, vocabulary words, and activities for teaching The Wizard of Oz stories.

Joan Bauer
Lesson plans for Backwater , Hope was Here , Squashed , others.

Marion Dane Bauer
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for On My Honor , more.

Activities to accompany reading. A link at the top leads to printable study guide questions organized by chapter.

Byrd Baylor
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for The Desert is Theirs and other books.