The children will compare two texts: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet, about an old house and an animal's home respectively, using a Venn Diagram. They should be guided to address the points-of-view, the characters' feelings, and the themes. Students will then write a journal entry either as a house or an animal, detailing three things they love about where they live and why it should be saved. This lesson plan is a great lead in to Earth Day activities.

Concepts

compare and contrast, earth day, venn diagrams

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Additional Tags

journal writing, saving the earth, farewell to shady glade by bill peet, northern nevada writing project, the little house by virginia lee burton, writingfix

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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