Reading Activities:
- Read the article from the Appleseeds
2001 issue, Becoming a Writer, written for Cobblestone Publishing,
A Division of Cricket Magazine Group, at: www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/FAAPPSouci.html
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For kids who
want to know more about what authors and illustrators do, and what it
is like being an author or illustrator I recommend reading Eileen
Christelow's well done picture books: WHAT
DO AUTHORS DO?(1995) and WHAT
DO ILLUSTRATORS DO? (1999) Both books are published by Clarion Books
a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY
10003.
Writing Activities:
- Teachers
Page: Try this page to find some other suggestions for exercises to
go with Robert D. San Souci books.
- Folktale
research page.
- Rewrite the story your studying
from a different point of view.
- Write a letter to a character
in the story.
- Extend the fairy tale by adding
a chapter.
Creative Imagination:
Teachers, librarians, storytellers, and anyone else with an interest in teaching storytelling skills might be interested in checking out August House's online downloadable PDF (6.78MB size) at: The August House Scary Story Starter Kit. The kit includes:
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NCTE Guideline on Teaching Storytelling
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Bibliography of resources: picture books, collections, recordings and Websites
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Activity guide for the classroom
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Guide to Building a Storytelling Club
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Details on how students can participate
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- Visit the
FUN PAGE.
- Rehearse and perform a reader's
theater version of the story in class.
- Create a puppet show version
of the story.
- Make predictions about what
became of each character ten years later.
- Do culture studies from each
variation of a folktale that you can find.
- Make items from the story.
- Have a folktale party and let
students dress as characters.
