Reed Novel Studies
A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning: Novel Study
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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A Series of Unfortunate Events Vocabulary
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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Lemony Snicket Series Comes to an End (Unfortunately)
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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Every-Day Edit: Lemony Snicket
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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Luke, Jay and Zach's Winning Game
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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Left to Their Own (Literary) Devices
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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Fly Away with Books Poster
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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Books: Writing a Blurb
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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Maniac Magee
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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Harriet The Spy
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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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
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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Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet
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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Npr: A Series of Unfortunate Literary Allusions
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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Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events
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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Appalachian State University: Literature Circles: Dahl, Rowling, and Snicket
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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Book Discussion Guide: A Series of Unfortunate Events [Pdf]
Here, you'll find background, related reading suggestions and discussion questions undoubtedly written by the inimitable Lemony Snicket himself.
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Harper Collins: Lemony Snicket: The Afflicted Author
This resource provides an autobiography of the author of the "Series of Unfortunate Events" books.