Review concepts and terms after reading Running Out of Time. Learners each come up with a few terms that they think are important and then participate in a list-group-label exercise, paying close attention to the two main years featured in the story. Find materials for an additional vocabulary activity (vocabulary bingo) in the materials tab.

Concepts

categorizing words, sorting & categorizing, margaret peterson haddix, running out of time

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite individuals to work with partners when coming up with the literary terms they wish to share with the class
• Use the provided list of terms to enrich class discussion

Classroom Considerations

• This is designed to be an informal assessment; no final, formal assessment is provided for this series of plans
• You will need to purchase large sticky notes if you plan to follow the procedures exactly

Pros

• A list of suggested words for each year represented in the book is provided if you need to get the class started
• The exercise requires learners to review and interact with important terminology from the novel

Cons

• There are a few minor typos in the resource