Paul Fleischman
Lesson plans for Seedfolks and other books

|Biography and Background| |Breakout| |Bull Run| |Joyful Noise| |Seedfolks| |Seek| |Time Train| |Whirligig|

Biography and Background

Paul Fleischman's Official Website
Biography and lots of information about the author's books.

Breakout

Breakout
Summary, discussion questions, and ideas for research.

Bull Run

Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
The 5 activities in this cyberguide address standards for grade 8.

The Civil War through a Child's Eye
"Following an introduction to the Civil War using photographic, daguerreotype, and non-fiction sources, students read Paul Fleischman's Bull Run in Readers Theater format. Next, students examine and interpret primary source images of Civil War era children. Then, students reveal their understanding of a child's perspective in a literary portrait." This lesson is designed for grades 6-8.

Joyful Noise

Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency
Students use poems from Joyful Noise as part of a choral reading about insects.

Seedfolks

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Biography, discussion questions, and cross-curricular activities. This teaching guide requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for access.

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Students explore the concept of community. Includes discussion questions and diary handouts.

Seedfolks
Author interview, summary, prereading, discussion questions, and followup interdisciplinary projects. Access to this 6-page document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application.

Seek

Seek
Summary, discussion topics, ideas for postreading activities.

Seek
Synopsis, 7 discussion questions, and 4 suggestions for postreading activities.

Time Train

Time Train
A dozen post-reading activities, related resources.

Whirligig

Whirligig
10 questions to help students explore the novel.

Whirligig
Synopsis, prereading activity, thematic and interdisciplinary connections, and vocabulary words.

Whirligig
Summary, themes, and post-reading activities.