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Incredible Stories: Challenge Activities (Theme 3) Unit PlanIncredible Stories: Challenge Activities (Theme 3) Unit Plan
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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3rd
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Incredible Stories: Challenge Activities (Theme 3)

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Real or fantasy? Dogzilla, the Giant of Barletta, the Garden of Abdul Gassazi. To enrich their understanding of incredible stories, teams create a mouse newspaper and report on the invasion of Dogzilla, craft folktales, and draft a story about how to raise a dragon. 

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Concepts

fantasy, realism

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use publication software and print copies of the mouse newspaper

Classroom Considerations

  • This packet, the first in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on incredible stories, contains enrichment activities for learners who have mastered the basic concepts of the lessons

Pros

  • The nine-page packet includes daily plans with expected outcomes, suggestions for cross-curricular activities, and worksheets

Cons

  • None

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