Thinkercise

Do you find yourself teaching sonnet writing, but feel a bit lost? This is a lesson guide that will make instructing help your students find joy in putting together their own tricky 14 line poem about something THEY love! Samples and evaluation brings multiple literary elements into the lesson, so that your class feel empowered by the pen, or laptop, for sure!

This is a three lesson unit on sonnet writing that can be stretched over four or more class periods. There are two printable activity pages, using sneaker "feet" printables as part of a physical representation of iambic pentameter, and a page that provides hints and tips for students. The rest of the product is a guide on how to teach the three lessons. I've used this with my Gifted 4th grade and 5th grade English classes with success. However, I could easily see it being used with middle and hi

This unit includes higher level thinking questions, and a post-reading writing activity. Other ideas for post-reading activities include acting out a scene from the story, but changing an element. (Camp scene – but Auggie’s hearing aid actually saves the day.) There are other ideas on the websites listed below. You may choose to have students read the book together as a class, and discuss the questions, use the questions as prompts in journals, or a combination of both. Another option is to us