Walter Dean Myers
Lesson plans for Fallen Angels and other books

|Author Biography and Background| |Dope Sick| |Fallen Angels| |The Glory Field| |Harlem| |The Legend of Tarik| |Monster| |The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner| |Street Love| |The Treasure of Lemon Brown|

Biography and Background

A Video Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Biography, bibliography, video clips, and transcripts.

Walter Dean Myers' Second Chance Initiative
This page is rich with resources. Among other things, scroll down to find podcasts on prewriting, on magical realism, and more.

Dope Sick

Walter Dean Myers' Second Chance Initiative
Scroll down for "Reading Guide and Extension Activities." Scroll farther down for a video interview with the author and a generous collection of related links.

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels
Anticipation guide, vocabulary mapping, and other activities, including support for the video Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.

Fallen Angels Anticipation Guide
Students respond to statements before and after reading. Access requires MS-Word or compatible application.

Fallen Angels: Multimedia Project on the Vietnam War
Students use a combination of music, images, carefully chosen quotations from the novel Fallen Angels and excerpts from research to make readers care about the Vietnam War from a particular perspective. An excellent project. Rubric included.

Fallen Angels Teaching Guide
This site offers theme openers, crosscurricular activities, research assignments, and suggestions for related reading.

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The Glory Field

The Glory Field Teaching Guide
Theme openers, crosscurricular activities, research assignments.

Study Guide for The Glory Field
Background information, prereading, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and writing prompts. This guide requires Adobe Reader for access.

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Harlem

Harlem Connections: Teaching Walter Dean Myers's Scorpions in conjunction with Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods
A classroom teacher reports on this pairing of works.

Harlem
Listen and watch an adaptation of the poem, which runs just under 7 minutes.

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The Legend of Tarik

The Legend of Tarik
Chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and enrichment. Note the statement at the top and bottom of the page.

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Monster

Monster
Students assume the role of a juror, journal their perceptions as they read, and write their assessment of the verdict. Two rubrics are available, one for the essay and one for a role-playing activity. Requires Adobe Reader for access.

Monster
This digital booktalk, a short video, can serve as a prereading activity.

Monster Anticipation Guide
This printable handout requires MS-Word or compatible application for access.

A Question of Truth
Students compare and contrast Monster with Avi's Nothing But the Truth.

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
Summary, vocabulary, journal writing, and chapter projects. An excellent set of activities. This page is a PDF file; it requires Adobe Reader or compatible software for access.

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Street Love

Street Love
The author discusses his book.

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"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

Conflict Transformation: "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
This lesson defines frames and asks students to examine the many different ways opinions can be viewed. Students will draw from literature and opinion editorials to practice identifying frames. A final assignment will ask students to take a step back from a highly charged issue and reflect upon the way that they have framed the issue to form their opinions.

"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
Resources as part of a unit entitled "The Human Spirit."

"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
Access to this document requires MS-Word or compatible application. Find pages 10-14 for support.

"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
Access to this document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application. The first 2 pages support the story.

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