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Angry words: What goes around comes around
A simple, concrete lesson to illustrate the power of anger to travel from one person to another and to linger in the environment even after the immediate emotion is gone. This lesson supports Andrew’s Angry Words by Dorothea Lachner and is designed for grades K-5.
The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden
Teaching resources include a video of the story being read aloud and additional activities, including research, writing, and related titles. The video runs 5:48 and resides at YouTube. The additional activities require Adobe Reader for access.
Private I. Guana by Nina Laden
Teaching resources include a video of the story being read aloud and additional activities, including language study, research, and related titles. The video runs 8:07 and resides at YouTube. The additional activities require Adobe Reader for access.
Romeow and Drooliet by Nina Laden
Teaching resources include a video of the story being read aloud and additional activities, questions for discussion, a printable handout on story elements, and related activities. The video runs 10:04 and resides at YouTube. The additional activities require Adobe Reader for access.
When Pigasso met Mootisse by Nina Laden
Teaching resources include a video of the story being read aloud and additional activities, including research. The video runs 6:55 and resides at YouTube. The additional activities require Adobe Reader for access.
Worth by Alexandria LaFaye
This teacher guide offers pre-reading and prediction questions, discussion questions, and ideas for post-reading projects.
Christ Legends by Selma Lagerlöf
Online text of stories written by the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Hunger Moon by Sarah Lamstein
This teacher's guide offers an author interview, a pre-reading activity, a comprehension check, and discussion guide, and ideas for post-reading projects.
Giving Credit Where Credit Might Be Due
After reading Robert Lawson's Ben and Me, writers will be inspired to take themselves back into history and retell a famous event from an animal's or an object's point of view. Writers will thoroughly research their topic and brainstorm who or what could help their historical facts come alive. Through the use of believable "voice," students will convince their audience of how history actually happened. This lesson focuses on voice and organization.
Kathryn Lasky
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Dear America, Royal Diaries, and other books.
Edward Lear
Biography, text of children's poems, and drawings.
Repeat After Us
Audio files of several poems by Edward Lear, including "The Owl and the Pussycat" Files are in alphabetical order by poet; scroll down.
The Big Lie by Isabella Leitner
Pre-reading activity, vocabulary, and activities by chapter to develop literacy skills.
Helen Lester
Lesson plans for Tacky the Penguin.
The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Levine
Phonics lessons and comprehension questions.
An Interview with Ellen Levine
A series of 6 video clips with emphasis on Henry's Freedom Box and The Tree that Would Not Die.
Gail Carson Levine
Lesson ideas for Ella Enchanted, more.
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Anticipation guide, discussion questions, brief author interview, and post-reading activities. This 2-page document requires Adobe Reader for access.
C. S. Lewis
Lesson plans and activities for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Do the Math #1: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman
Booktalk, prereading and discussion questions, and crosscurricular followup.
Do the Math #2: The Writing on the Wall by Wendy Lichtman
Booktalk, prereading and discussion questions, and crosscurricular followup.
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Vocabulary words, discussion questions and activities.
Little Blue, Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
Students will use Leo Lionni's literature and his website to learn about the author, mix primary colors, summarize and rewrite a story, and use graphing skills to determine the class's favorite color.
The Alphabet Tree
After listening to The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni, the students will retell the events on a flow map. Then using Kid Pix software, each child will choose an event, illustrate it, and write a caption for it. The students will then put their events in order in a Kid Pix Slide Show they can present to the class. This lesson is designed for first graders.
Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman
This page offers an author interview, comprehension and discussion questions, and suggestions for post-reading projects.
Arnold Lobel
Lesson plans and strategies for Frog and Toad are Friends.
The Birthday Swap by Loretta Lopez
Summary, prereading questions, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for using literature circles, strategies for ESL and interdisciplinary connections, and more.
Old Penn Station by William Low
Introduction, discussion questions, illustrations, and activities. Access to this 6-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
Lois Lowry
Lesson plans and activities for The Giver, Number the Stars and other books.
A Companion Craft and Discussion Guide for Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons
A word search, discussion questions, 2 craft activities, and printable coloring pages. This 13-page guide requires Adobe Reader for access.
