The document provides examples of pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities that can be used when engaging students in literature discussions using children's books. Some of the pre-reading activities mentioned include anticipation guides, opinionaires/questionnaires, contrast charts, and KWL charts. During reading activities include literature maps, character maps, double-entry journals, and reading logs. Post-reading activities include polar opposites, quotation shares, literary report cards, plot organizers, and Venn diagrams.

1. Engaging Students with Children’s Literature

3. Pre-reading activities

4. Anticipation Guide It is OK to hurt one person to protect many. __________ ____________ You should never do something that your parents have forbidden. __________ ____________ It would be wonderful to live forever. Disagree __________ Agree ____________

8. Immigrants Problems Traditions Ethnic Groups

9. KWL Chart What we learned What we want to know What we know

10. Preview/Predict/Confirm Chart bronco Cattle Boots Hat Clothes Horse cowboy Appeared in text? No Appeared in text? Yes Word Predictions

11. Book Boxes Book Bits Visuals/Web Sites

13. Literature Maps Questions Will the baby bird find his mother? Will the baby bird get hurt? Will the baby bird get lost? Possible Mothers Kitten Hen Dog Cow Baby Bird Breaks out of shell Leaves nest and falls Can’t fly Wants to find his mother Mother Bird Cares about her baby Goes off to find food

15. Character Webs Doctor DeSoto cautious Puts pole in fox’s mouth to keep it open Usually won’t treat dangerous animals

21. Feelings Chart Scared Frightened terrified Scared Afraid Panid Afraid Hopeful Thankful The huge tidal wave strikes the beach. Excited Surprised Unlucky Anxious Puzzled Curious Awful Bad Sad Ojiisan sets fire to the rice fields. Thankful Secure lucky Glad Happy playful Content Satisfied Happy The water was calm and the village children played in the gentle waves. Villagers Tada Ojiisan Events

23. Post-reading Activities

26. Literary Report Card Omri spent too much time thinking about Little Bear. C Attentiveness in school Omri took excellent care of Little Bear. A Responsibility Omri solved many problems such as how to feed and provide shelter. A Creativity Omri valued the Indian as a real person with real feelings. A Respect for others Omri constructed a beautiful tepee for the Indian. A Arts and Crafts Comment Grade Omri Area

27. Plot Organizer The war ends. Annemarie learns Uncle Henrik explains the Resistance Peter visits after curfew and tells the.. Calm Running from home, Ellen, Anne, marie . . . Interesting Exciting Annemarie is stopped and questions . . WOW!

28. World Wheels Hopscotch India Throw and kick the Puck Drawn in soft red clay China “ one foot flying Machine” Great Britain In the shape of A wheel 5 pebbles used France In the shape of a snail No puck used Trinidad Called jumby or duppy Use jumby beans

29. Venn Diagrams Fruit Bats Sleep hanging by feet Like to eat fruit Can’t land on feet Sleep during day Can see at night Birds Sleep in nest Like to eat bugs Land on feet Sleep at night Can’t see at night Animals Can fly Eat sleep

30. Book Charts It is important to keep your word. The magistrate Margaret Leaf Eyes of the Dragon Don’t just stand by when other are doing cruel things. Maddie Eleanor Estes The Hundred Dresses War isn’t fun. War doesn’t solve problems. Peter Robert K. Smith The War With Grandpa Lesson Character Author Title