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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Scholars read about the unlucky events that continue to fall on the children in A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. A set of worksheet activities include completing sentences with vocabulary...
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Worksheet
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A Series of Unfortunate Events Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Series of Unfortunate Events worksheet, students answer 12 questions about Chapters 1 and 2 of the book The Bad Beginning.
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Lesson Plan
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Lemony Snicket Series Comes to an End (Unfortunately)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
An informational text about Lemony Snicket leads to a discussion of the books class members have read in the Series of Unfortunate Events series. Children then compare and contrast the settings, plots, and characters in the...
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Lemony Snicket

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the character Lemony Snicket from A Series of Unfortunate Events. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

Luke, Jay and Zach's Winning Game

For Students 4th Standards
There's nothing like the thrill of winning the big game! Fourth graders practice reading comprehension skills with a short story and series of questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Left to Their Own (Literary) Devices

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils write scenes for stories using their own original characters. However, they write using the literary and plot devices found in the Lemony Snicket book series.
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Harper Collins

Fly Away with Books Poster

For Teachers K - 8th
Put up a poster near your class library to encourage your pupils to take trips to different worlds and times through books. The poster features one large hot air balloon made out of book covers and several smaller balloons, some with...
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Lesson Plan
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Books: Writing a Blurb

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write a blurb for different audiences. Students encounter different forms and functions of the use of blurbs. Students write an original blurb to share with the class.
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Lesson Plan
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Maniac Magee

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.
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Lesson Plan
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Harriet The Spy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the style of diary writing as its own genre of literature. They read Harriet The Spy in order to have a text for this literature study. Students use the skill of prediction to preview the story, and then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Lesson Plan
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Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students engage in reading comprehension activities for the story "Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet". In this reading comprehension lesson, students make prediction drawings before reading the story, create new illustrations for...
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: A Series of Unfortunate Literary Allusions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you spot the many literary allusions made in the famous "Series of Unfortunate Events" books? This article points them out and explains them.
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Activity
Other

Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events

For Students 3rd - 6th
Explore this site for information on Lemony Snicket, his books about the Baudelaire children and Count Olaf, and play some games. If you are familiar with the author, you know that he, of course, discourages you every step of the way,...
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Unit Plan
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Appalachian State University: Literature Circles: Dahl, Rowling, and Snicket

For Teachers 4th - 6th
If you've wondered about using literature circles in your classroom, materials are provided here for units on Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and two Roald Dahl novels. The units can be downloaded as Word documents. They...
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Activity
Other

Book Discussion Guide: A Series of Unfortunate Events [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here, you'll find background, related reading suggestions and discussion questions undoubtedly written by the inimitable Lemony Snicket himself.
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Article
Other

Harper Collins: Lemony Snicket: The Afflicted Author

For Students 3rd - 6th
This resource provides an autobiography of the author of the "Series of Unfortunate Events" books.