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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Christopher Paul Curtis: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief activity or activities for students of all ages in commemoration of the Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis's birthday. Provides web links, a bibliography, and lesson plans, and is taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: An Author Study: Christopher Paul Curtis

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This five-day lesson will introduce the students to the author of the novel as the beginning of a unit. The students will conduct research to obtain biographical information about the author and read/analyze summaries and critiques of...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Graphing Plot and Character in a Novel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for four lessons that use the book "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis to teach about plot by asking student to graph events in the story. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to analyze the characters in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis in order to prepare for a press conference. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans...