Elementary School Drama Lesson

PURPOSE: This MY PERSPECTIVES GRADE 6 PowerPoint BUNDLE provides prereading resources for 9 separate anthology grade 6 short stories. Historical background, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment are included for each.
The digital downloads included are:

·Brown Girl Dreaming

· Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
· A Long Way Home
· Phantom Tollbooth Act 1
· Phantom Tollbooth Act 2
· Black Hole of Technology
· Feathered Friend
· My Life with Chimpanzees
· Hachiko: The True story of a Loyal Dog

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension & aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

EACH POWERPOINT:

· Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.

· 2 setting slides
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with music clip

· 8-12 VOCAB SLIDES

**-**vivid photos
-challenging vocab word
-part of speech
-brief definition

· Grammar Sort
· Connotation sort
· Quizlet practice link
· Vocabulary Worksheet/Assessment with optional word bank and key

*Vocabulary organizer

USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
Word Wall
· Prompt Writing

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Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

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