Tag: Storytelling
Step into the future and think visually in two new free teaching activities inspired by A New World Rises by Alex Towler, Jackson Harvey and Cristy Burne! In activity one, students can draw their own futuristic scene with bricks and minifigures, complete with an eye-catching headline worthy of the Post-Human Times. In activity two, have […]
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Hetty Verolme survived a concentration camp during World War II, and went on to live a long and fruitful life. In this teaching activity, have students interview someone close to them and write a biography. You can download the free activity here.
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How did the Bigfoots and the Yetis become mortal enemies? In this activity, students will create their own comic about what they think happened before the events in James Foley’s new book Bigfoot vs Yeti. Other teaching activities for Bigfoot vs Yeti include: You can download the activity sheet here, and for more teaching activities, […]
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In activity one, ask your students to draw the elements of a stage. Working together or solo, have them plan a dance, making sure it has all the elements to wow an audience. Activity two teaches dance vocabulary using a crossword puzzle. Further discussion questions for Breaking Pointe include: You can download the activity sheets here and, for more […]
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Mark Greenwood shares mysterious true Australian stories in his junior fiction series, beginning with The Dragon’s Treasure and The Vanishing. In the teaching activity for The Dragon’s Treasure, budding reporters share the story of discovering treasure on a remote West Australian beach, using the newspaper template for the Pirate Times. For The Vanishing, kids create their own comic strip: drawing the moment […]
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Find the right words to fill out the ad-lib poem or write your own Fibonacci poem (sometimes called a Fib). Right Way Down and other poems is an accessible poetry collection that covers a wide variety of topics in an illustrated, read-aloud format. It offers plenty of opportunities for engagement through performance, creative writing, art and […]
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Mel and Shell is about two best friends living in 1979. Swedish pop group ABBA rules the airwaves and roller skating is cool. Confiding in her pen pal from 1829, Shell discovers she has a lot to learn about loyalty and honesty. The Dear Pen Pal activity sheet encourages research into history and fosters imagination. […]
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