Teacher’s Kit
Success with English: The People Could Fly Teaching Guide
The People Could Fly is one of the 24 folktales in the anthology of the same name written by Virginia Hamilton. The story is a retelling of a common African American folktale of people who flew away from the plantation where they worked. This unit provides teachers with engaging and informative resources to teach the folktale. These include graphic organizers, questions and answers and assessments.
Format: PDF
Pages: 32
Size: 8½ x 11
Grades: 6-8
Language: English
Skills: comparing, reading, writing, researching, analyzing
Activities: story writing, summarizing, author profile, vocabulary, translating, comparing, and contrasting
Success with English: Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
Yeh-Shen is a popular Chinese variant of the Cinderella story retold by Ai-Ling Louie. This publication provides teachers with engaging and informative resources to teach this timeless tale. The resources in the kit include: Folktale Elements Organizer, Analyzing Folktales , China Fact Sheet, Plot (Story Mountain) Organizers, Character Profile, Compare and Contrast Organizer and Assessment Sheet
Format: PDF
Pages: 24
Size: 8½ x 11
Grades: 4-6
Language: English
Skills: comparing, reading, writing, researching, analyzing
Activities: summarizing, vocabulary, translating, comparing, and contrasting
Success with English: Folktales
Success with English: Folktales is a PowerPoint presentation with 20 slides that explores the following areas: What is a folktale?, The Origin of Folktales, The Benefits of Folktales, Types of Folktales & Common Elements in Folktales. The presentation is packed with beautiful illustrations and content to help students to learn all about this interesting topic.
Format: PowerPoint
Slides: 32
Size: 8½ x 11(Landscape)
Grades: 4-8
Language: English
Skills: vocabulary, literature, analyzing, visual literacy
Success with English: African American Folktales
The Success with English: African American Folktales help students to learn more about African American folktales. This informative and engaging PowerPoint presentation has 20 slides that are packed with animation and information that explore all aspects of African American folktales: History, Categories, Characters, Language, Themes & Evolution.
Format: PowerPoint
Slides: 32
Size: 8½ x 11(Landscape)
Grades: 4-8
Language: English
Skills: vocabulary, literature, analyzing, visual literacy
Success with English: Zoo
The short story Zoo is a science fiction written by Edward Hoch. The story is found in the HMH Into Literature textbook. It is also found online. This kit provides teachers with engaging and informative resources to teach the story.
The resources in the kit include Questions and answer sheets, Story Mountains graphic organizers, Compare and Contrast Organizer, Zoo Profile Research Template, An Argument Organizer, Morphology Organizer & Assessment Sheet.
Format: PDF
Pages: 28
Size: 8½ x 11
Grades: 6-7
Language: English
Skills: comparing, reading, writing, researching, analyzing
Activities: writing, summarizing, vocabulary, comparing, contrasting, arguing