Sharon Creech
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Walk Two Moons Lesson Plan, Puzzle Pack, and Response Journal This teacher guide features day-by-day teaching plans, study questions, vocabulary worksheets, end of book activities and discussion questions, and a teacher's answer key. Additional online resources are also available. |
Biography and Background
Sharon Creech
The author's official website.
Teach Creech!
Ideas for literature circles and cross-curricular lessons appropriate for several Creech titles, a brief author interview. This 8-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.
Bloomability
Bloomability
Summary, book talk, and 12 discussion questions.
Chasing Redbird
Chasing Redbird
Ten questions for discussion or writing.
Chasing Redbird
Summary, 10 discussion questions, and activities.
Chasing Redbird
Summary and a dozen discussion questions. Access to this 2-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
Chasing Redbird
A variety of activities to support the novel.
Granny Torelli Makes Soup
Granny Torelli Makes Soup
Summary, discussion questions, and author interview. Access to this 4-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
Love that Dog
Love that Dog and Hate that Cat
Eleven pages of suggestions for using these books in your class. Access requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
Love that Dog
Summary, booktalk, 9 discussion questions, and related titles.
Love that Dog
Summary, related links, 3 discussion questions, and 3 postreading activities.
So Much Depends Upon ...
Inspired by both William Carlos Williams and the main character in Love That Dog, the writer will create four original 16-word poems that capture interesting images. The writer will then choose a favorite 16-word poem and ask, "Why would so much depend upon that image to someone else?" The writer can then create a short story about an original character who might have written the 16-word poem.
Ruby Holler
Ruby Holler
Summary, 12 discussion questions, and activities.
Ruby Holler
Summary, 3 discussion questions, and 3 postreading activities.
Walk Two Moons
Actions Speak Louder than Words
After hearing and discussing an excerpt from Walk Two Moons, students will plan to create a unique description of a character that uses memorable actions that "show" a person’s character. They will brainstorm verbs that might prove or "show" two personality traits. Students will then turn their brainstorm into an original character sketch that shows the reader both personality traits, borrowing techniques from Creech's novel. This lesson emphasizes idea development and word choice.
Character Traits
Designed for grades 4 and 5, this lessons helps students learn to analyze and identify character traits using a description of Mrs. Winterbottom from Walk Two Moons.
Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics for Walk Two Moons
This page is part of the Spark Notes study guide. Follow links for chapter summaries, character analysis, important quotations, and an online quiz.
Study Questions for Children's Literature
Scroll down for quotations and activities for Walk Two Moons.
Teach Creech
This resource uses the novels of Sharon Creech as a model for Literature Circles. Scroll down for interdisciplinary connections. This 8-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.
Walk Two Moons
A variety of activities listed by reading strategy.
Walk Two Moons
An extensive unit plan with reading strategies, discussion questions, journal prompts, vocabulary, a final test, and more. This 21-page document requires Adobe Reader for access.
Walk Two Moons
Discussion questions and activities.
Walk Two Moons
Summary, 10 discussion questions, and activities.
Walk Two Moons
Fifteen discussion questions and an author interview. Access requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
Walk Two Moons
Summary, related titles, and a study guide. Accessing the study guide requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Walk Two Moons: An Integrated Unit
These standards-based activities, designed for grade 8, combine language arts, information skills, mathematics, and workforce development. Scroll down to find a structure for a book review and a rubric for evaluating it.
Walk Two Moons
Two research activities.
Walk Two Moons Extension Activities
Students investigate the use of Native Americans as sports mascots. Students will also do research on Native leaders depicted in the painting "Founding Fathers." On a lighter note, students have the opportunity to perform reader's theater based on the dramatic nature of the Phoebe Winterbottom character.
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
Summary and a dozen discussion questions.
