Search: Flexible, 4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.
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| Title | Overview | Grade | Average Rating |
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| Examining World Cultures Through Their Folktales | Juniors and seniors in a world literature class examine world cultures through the lens of a culture’s folktales. The essential question is: How do folktales reflect a country’s culture? In particular, the students (1) analyze how folktales convey a society’s morals and values, and (2) apply their knowledge by creating a literary piece in the folktale genre that reflects aspects of the culture. | 11, 12 | |
| Horror Tales: What Makes Them Spooky? | The teachers and LMS tap students’ prior knowledge about horror fiction, why they read it, and what they particularly find fascinating about this sub-genre. Building on this prior knowledge, the LMS selects a wide range of fiction and promotes the stories through face-to-face booktalks and VoiceThread presentations. As students select stories to read and rate, they focus on the following essential question: What makes a powerful scary story? | 7 |