Responses to Literature: Be A Theme Park Designer!
Students respond to a literature selection by creating the characters, costumes, menus, thrill rides, and entertainments scripts for a Literature Land Theme Park.
OBJECTIVE
Students will:
- Work in cooperative learning groups.
- Research settings, textiles, food, and entertainment related to a literature selection and its time period.
- Design costumes, menus, and theme park rides from the literature’s time period.
- Write short entertainment scripts to be produced in the theme park.
- Present their project to the class.
LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Literature Land Theme Park!
REPRODUCIBLES
Literature Land Theme Park Rubric (PDF)
CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Students will present their Literature Land Theme Park designs and perform their entertainment scripts for their peers.
SUPPORTING BOOKS
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonPlans/unit_themeparkdesign_books.htm
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Why We Teach
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