Details
Pages
30 Pages
Subject
ELA, Seasonal, Reading & Literacy
Languages
English
Product
Digital
Grade
6th, 7th, 8th
Resource Type
Activities, Lesson Plans, Literature Circles
Standard
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Description
Help your students practice using text evidence with these editable discussion cards and talking chips for The Landlady by Roald Dahl! This activity is sure to get your middle school students in the Halloween spirit. This resource can be used during the Halloween season, but can also be used at any other time during the year! Students will read the provided story, The Landlady through the Google doc, then they will sit in small groups and take turns pulling a discussion card.
Great for: using text evidence, collaboration and team building, public speaking practice,
DIRECTIONS:
-Access your forced copy of the Google Doc with the story, The Landlady on the second slide.
-Go to the last slide to add your own discussion prompts.
-Click "File" then "Download" and then "PDF" to download the prompts as a PDF document.
-Print, cut, and laminate a set of cards for each of your groups of 4-5 students.
-Print, cut, and laminate talking chips.
-Put students into groups of 4-5.
-Decide how many talking chips each student gets (this encourages participation during the dialogue and teaches students how to use social cues when deciding when to share, instead of raising a hand).
-One student draws a card from the top. That student asks the question and dialogue begins in the group. Students should have the short story handy so they can use evidence in their responses.
-When dialogue dies down, students continue taking turns drawing a card, asking questions. and having discussions.
-Students should discard the questions already asked so they don't repeat any.
WHAT's INCLUDED:
-Google Doc with the story, "The Landlady"
-Google slide with printable talking chips
-24 Discussion Prompts in color and black & white
-Editable Discussion Prompt Cards in color and black & white
Great for: using text evidence, collaboration and team building, public speaking practice,
DIRECTIONS:
-Access your forced copy of the Google Doc with the story, The Landlady on the second slide.
-Go to the last slide to add your own discussion prompts.
-Click "File" then "Download" and then "PDF" to download the prompts as a PDF document.
-Print, cut, and laminate a set of cards for each of your groups of 4-5 students.
-Print, cut, and laminate talking chips.
-Put students into groups of 4-5.
-Decide how many talking chips each student gets (this encourages participation during the dialogue and teaches students how to use social cues when deciding when to share, instead of raising a hand).
-One student draws a card from the top. That student asks the question and dialogue begins in the group. Students should have the short story handy so they can use evidence in their responses.
-When dialogue dies down, students continue taking turns drawing a card, asking questions. and having discussions.
-Students should discard the questions already asked so they don't repeat any.
WHAT's INCLUDED:
-Google Doc with the story, "The Landlady"
-Google slide with printable talking chips
-24 Discussion Prompts in color and black & white
-Editable Discussion Prompt Cards in color and black & white
Help your students practice using text evidence with these editable discussion cards and talking chips for The Landlady by Roald Dahl! This activity is sure to get your middle school students in the Halloween spirit. This resource can be used... more
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