Teacher Printables
Decorated Lined Paper
Spice up the writing process with some fun stationery! This particular page, which features a UFO, can inspire your pupils as they write science fiction. See the materials for more designs. You'll find everything from pirates to fairies...
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Monster Party Story Starter
Young writers can contemplate a cartoon zombie's brain while they write a creative story. The theme is Halloween and the issue is that the writer invited real monsters to his or her party. Big mistake! Or was it?
Prenhall
Walter Dean Myers: A Man of Many Words
Using Monster, Slam, or Fallen Angels with your young readers? Here’s a PowerPoint about Walter Dean Myers that could be shown in the classroom or used as a teacher resource. The presentation includes a brief biography, a partial list of...
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Monster Exchange
Students draw and describe their monster. They exchange papers with another student and recreate the monster based on the other student's description.
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Word War Game
Students play a game with knights and monsters and if they can say the word under the knight, the knight will win, but if not, the monster wins. In this words lesson plan, students try to make all the knights win.
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Monster Brain Maze for Halloween
In this Halloween maze worksheet, students examine a picture of a scary monster holding a jar with a brain. Students trace a path in the maze which is inside the brain.
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum, London, England
Great site providing a "Quickindex" to find various resources. Also included are links to more information on this museum.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Walter Dean Myers's Biography
Find out more about the author Walter Dean Myers when you explore this resource. This resource features a biography of the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award Winner, a booklist of his work, and an interview transcript.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Walter Dean Myers
Web English Teacher helps you to discover the world of author Walter Dean Myers. This resource features lesson plans for "Fallen Angels" and several other books.
TES Global
Blendspace: Beyond the Book: Monster by Walter Dean Myers
A sixteen-part learning module with links to videos, texts, slides, and websites to use while reading Walter Dean Myers' Monster.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: The Willies [Pdf]
The ebook shares a story of a boy who has a "case of the willies" at night. This book helps to reinforce that there is no such thing as monsters.
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Language Guide: La Fantasia Ii
Listen to and read the Spanish words for magical and Halloween-themed characters and concepts, such as elf, ghost, witch, scarecrow, and haunted house.