Back	Sale Creek High School  -  Reading Class
	Lesson Plans:	If you would like one of the lesson plans below, please let me or the office know.
	1	“Who Is Kokopelli?”
	2	“Mysterious Monsters”
	3	“UFO-ology”
	4	“Crop Circle Secrets”
	5	“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
	6	“Mayan Mysteries”
	7	“Mysterious Mother Goose”
	8	"Un-Monopoly"
	Books:
		Scraping the Sky  by Tim Arnold
		There are only 6 copies of this book.
		Books are 6.5” x 8.5” with 16 pages.
		Written on a fourth grade level with really good information and colorful pictures.
		Shake, Rattle, and Roll by Brad Herzog
		There are only 12 copies of this book.
		Books are 6.5” x 8.5” with 16 pages.
		Written on a fourth grade level with really good information and colorful pictures.
		Books on Debates  - How to debate, written and verbally – Have only 1 book of each = total 2 books
		There is only one copy of each of the books listed below.  You could use them by reading to students.
		What’s Your Opinion? By Jill Eggleton
		Should This Have Happened? By Jill Eggleton
		7 ¾” x 8” with 19 pages each.
		Written on a fourth grade level.
		The books discuss debates and how to write a debate.
		The text form is written debates.
		The approach is Guided Reading.
		The processes are Thinking Critically, Exploring Language, and Processing Information.
		The written and visual focus = debates.
		There are six debates in each book.  Examples of some of the debates:
	“Some people say that Goldilocks was a criminal and that she should have been reported to the police.  What do you think?”
	“Some people say the mother pig should not have sent her little pigs away from home
	without proper training.  What do you think?
	“Some people say that the king’s men did not do enough to help Humpty Dumpty.”
		Books on Forms – How to design and write a form.  Have only 1 book of each = total 2 books.
		Passport to Earth by Jill Eggleton
		Police Work by Jill Eggleton
		7 ¾” x 8” with 19 pages each.
		Written on a fourth grade level.
		The books discuss forms and how to write forms.
		The approach is Guided Reading.
		The processes are Thinking Critically, Exploring Language, and Processing Information.
		The written and visual focus = forms.
		Examples of the following books and forms are the following:
		Aliens who are returning to earth.  Therefore, they need to complete forms such as
		A Passport, A Cat / Dog Application Form, Planet Earth Passenger Arrival Form, etc.
	To do police work – you need to know how to complete an Application for Undercover Police Jobs.
		Book on Description  –  What a Wedding! by Jill Eggleton   Have only 1 book.
		7 ¾” x 8” with 19 pages each.
		Written on a fourth grade level.
		The book discusses descriptions and how to write descriptions.
		The approach is Guided Reading.
		The processes are Thinking Critically, Exploring Language, and Processing Information.
		The written and visual focus = forms.
		Book on Comics  –   The Tricksters of Fringle by Jo Windsor  Have only 1 book.
		7 ¾” x 8” with 19 pages each.
		Written on a fourth grade level.
		The book discusses comics and how to write comics.
		The approach is Guided Reading.
		The processes are Thinking Critically, Exploring Language, and Processing Information.
		The written and visual focus = Comic, Speech Bubbles, Thought Bubbles, Phonetic Representations.
		Books on Information Explanations  –   Have only 1 book of each = total 2 books.
		Energy by Jo Windsor
		Space Junk by Jo Windsor
		7 ¾” x 8” with 19 pages each.
		Written on a fourth grade level.
		The books discuss how to write an informational explanation..
		The approach is Guided Reading.
		The processes are Thinking Critically, Exploring Language, and Processing Information.
		The written and visual focus is Informational Explanation, Flow Diagram, Labeled
		Diagram, Pie Graphs, Table, etc.
		Books on Science Fiction  –   Have only 1 book of each = total 2 books.
		Shosun’s Mistake by John Lockyer
		The Lullabob by John Lockyer
		7 ¾” x 8” with 19 pages each.
		Written on a fourth grade level.
		The books discuss writing about science fiction
		The approach is Guided Reading.
		The processes are Thinking Critically, Exploring Language, and Processing Information.
		The written and visual focus is Chapter Heads.
		Magazines:
		Read Magazines
		Summaries of the Read magazines are below:
	Issue	Summary
	8/27/2004	“It Could Happen” by Gary Paulsen
		He was a street kid living a tough life.  Who knew he was hiding
		so much talent?  This is an autobiographical essay that serves
		as an open letter, a memoir and even a sermon.  It speaks directly
		to the kids who struggle and whispers to the others – to think
		empathetically.
		“Room 19” by Jessica Cohn
		This is a play about a high school.
	Sophie’s new school is half a world away.  Will what she knows translate?	“You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover” by Sophie Glover, 13
		Sophie's new school is half a world away.  Will what she knows translate?
	Lesson Plan – There is a group activity with true or false questions
	concerning Mark Twain.
	There are also activities and/or questions to go with each reading selection.
	9/10/2004	“Rocky’s Road” by Jessica Cohn
		Samr “Rocky” Tayeh recorded family conversations and his own thoughts for months, then used the raw tape to help
		narrate "My Struggle With Obesity,” a radio story that ran on public radion station WNYC in New York City and later on
		National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”
		”In a League of His Own” by Michael Ruscoe  - a play
		Jackie Robinson’s life was filled with drama – and achievement.
		“More Than a Label”
		This relates to labeling people.
		Lesson Plan -   There are activities and/or to go with each reading selection.
	9/24/2004	“Acting Presidents”
		A critical look at the 'Reel' image of the U.S. President
		What do central casting and the elections have in common?
		"The Vote" by Jessica Cohn - a play
		This is a contemporary play based on Shakespeare’s original play, “Julius Caesar.”
		"Man of a Thousand Words"  This is about Matt Davies.  He is one of the top political cartoonists in the country.
		Recently, Davies won journalism’s top honor – a Pulitizer Prize - for his work.
		Lesson Plan -   There are exercises on Topic Sentences and Propaganda.
		There are also activities and/or to go with each reading selection.
	10/8/2004	"I Am David" by Paul Feig
		David is alone in the world and running for his life.  This is based on the film adaptation of author Anne Holm's
		internationally acclaimed novel North to Freedom.  It is the story of a boy who escapes a communist concentration
		camp with little more than a knife, a compass, a letter, some bread, and his mistrust of people.  He begins a
		journey into the free world both physically and spirtually.
		"Planet Refugee"  by Jessica Cohn
		One out of every 300 people on Earth is displaced .  17-year-old Nargiz is one of them.
		"Thara's Diary - My Life in Wartime Iraq by Thura Al-Windavi
		Lesson Plan - There is information on writing a research paper and commas.
		There are also activities an/or questions to go with each reading selection.
	10/22/2004	Dracula by Bram Stoker   a play
		This about calling Bram Stoker  - “Is That a Busy Signal from the Great Beyond.”  It is question and
		answer play communication with Bram Stoker.
		There is also a play with characters from “Dracula.”
		“The Ex-Box” by David Lubar
		Vida has a new guy, and he has a secret.  Will she let it out of the box?
		“To the Bat Cave!”  by Anne Renaud
	the book.	This is a welcome to some of the creepiest places on Earth.
	“A Quest for Camelot” by Kate Davis	Lesson Plan  -  There are activities and/or questions to go with each reading selection
	11/5/2004	"Animal Farm" by George Orwell - a summary and play
		The book was written in 1946.  Orwell imagined a world where everyone was equal, but he was also a realist.  He knew
		that even if social systems were theoretically perfect, human beings were not.
		The article gives background information, and there is a play based on the book.
		"A Quest for Camelot" by Kate Davis
		This discusses the utopia Camelot.  - Was it just a literary place or a real place?
		"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
		A story - Can't a man talk a walk?
		Lesson Plan - There is a crossword puzzle and a section on Parentheses.
		There are also activities and/or questions to go with each reading selection.
	11/19/2004	"Grendal" by John Gardner
		Grendal wrote "Grendal" the Beowolf story
		This is a taste of that tale, and a mighty morsel it be:  Grendal had left his mother's cave and gone exploring
		only to catch his foot in a crack where two old tree trunks are joined.  There the youn monster wails, alone and
		bleeding as day turns to night and then to day again.  A bull attacks.
		"The Lost World" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - a play
		This is a play about the early days of science fiction - - Above the trees was a world in hiding.
		"The Return of King Kong and Godzilla"
		This is about big celebrities.
		There is an activity on types of conflict in stories.
		There is an activity on colons.
		There is an activity on Facts and Opinions.
		There are also activities and/or questions to go with each reading selection.
	12/3/2004	"The Three Century Woman" by Richard Peck  - - Grandma tells it like she wants it to be.
		"Star Bright" by Sylvia Peck Stephenson  - - a play
		"Dunder and Blixem!" by Debbie Nevins  - - Who really wrote 'The Night Before Christmas'?
		There is an activity on selecting titles and semicolons
		There are also activities on the reading selections.
	12/17/2004	"Medea" by Euripides - Adapted by Winn Coleman  - - a play
		A sorceress has her own way of judging events.
		"The Gadfly of Ancient Greece" by Jennifer Kroll
		The Greek thinker Socrates saw himself as a biting fly that stung lazy minds into action.  Do we still need
		gadflies today?
		"The Golden Touch"  - Rounding Out a Plot:  A Myth from Ancient Greece
		"Homer vs. Homer"  - Who is Homer?
		There are activitird on prefixes and dashes
		There is an activity on turning a story into a play.
		There are also activities on the reading selections.
	1/7/2005	"The Birds"  by Daphne du Maurier  (This is a play.)
		Safe and Sound" by Marc Nobleman    (Mysteries are puzzles.  Readers employ problem-solving skills and use their
		understanding of cause and effect, deduction, and sequencing to figure out the clues.  Try reading this mini mystery
		to see how you do.)
		"The Tell-Tale Heart"  by Edgar Allan Poe  (This is a combination of story and cartoon strips.)
		Teacher's Guide - This gives pre-reading information on the articles and activities.  In addition, it has activities
		on similes, a team true and false exercise, a topic sentence exercise, and questions on each story.