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Out of the Dust: Guided Imagery Lesson PlanOut of the Dust: Guided Imagery Lesson Plan
Publisher
Brigham Young University
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Grade
3rd - 7th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Year
2007
Lesson Plan

Out of the Dust: Guided Imagery

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A guided imagery exercise is a great way to get readers thinking about writing. As part of their study of Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse’s 1998 Newbery Medal winning verse novel, class members listen to a reading of one of the poems from the novel and then respond in writing to what they felt, heard, saw, tasted, and smelled.

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Concepts

the dust bowl, imagery, prewriting, sensory details

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Conclude the exercise by having groups identify the sensory language in the passage and again in their own writing

Classroom Considerations

  • Part of a series of resources designed specifically to accompany a reading of Out of the Dust

Pros

  • The two-page resource includes a rationale for the activity, directions, and the excerpt from the novel used for the guided imagery exercise

Cons

  • None

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