Curated OER
Analyzing Relationships
Fifth graders analyze the relationships among characters in a story. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders read Maniac Magee and discuss how the relationships between the characters change throughout the story.
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Maniac Magee Lesson Plan
Fifth graders read Jerry Spinelli's, Maniac Magee, which focuses on homelessness, illiteracy, and racism. They research Jerry Spinelli's biography and other works using the Internet, and write an on-line book review of Maniac Magee.
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Maniac McGee: Find Your Match
Students explore similarities and differences between people. For this diversity and literacy lesson, students read Maniac McGee and consider character traits. Students play a game in which they locate classmates with similarities and...
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"Snapshot" Exercises & Sensory Detail Word Bank
Read a sample of creative descriptive writing to your science class. Discuss how writing can be used to record and communicate observations that scientists make. Reading selections and thought-provoking questions are suggested. Also...
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Johnny Tremain
Students study the Revolutionary War. In this colonial America activity, students read Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. Students discuss chapter 1 as they respond to the provided discussion questions.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Maniac Magee
Have you ever read "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli? Use this resource to learn more about this book. An educational resource with discussion questions, extension activities and more.
TES Global
Blendspace: Maniac Magee: Introducing the Book
A three-part learning module including links web sites to use when introducing the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: A Guide to "Maniac Magree"
Four page guide offers summary, post-reading activity suggestions, additional reading and a brief bio of the writer.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: "Knot" the Whole Truth
The writer will analyze and discuss the tall tale format after reading Jerry Spinelli's tale of Cobble's Knot, told in Chapter 20 of Maniac Magee. Then writers will need to create an interesting character in a special situation which...