Read Across America Day – Literacy Stations
Station 1:
Station 2:
Station 3:
Watch the following video with your
group members:
Read the play version of “The
Sneeches” with your group members.
Listen as one or a few of
your group members read
the picture book, “The
Sneeches” aloud to your
group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP As you read complete the play
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column of your visual elements
graphic organizer.
Complete the visual elements graphic
organizer for the video column of your
graphic organizer.
Be sure to pay close
attention to the images on
each page. Remember you
are analyzing visual
elements.
When you are finished
listening, you can complete
the book column of your
visual elements graphic
organizer.
Station 4:
Station 5:
Use either “The Sneeches,” “The Lorax”,
“Green Eggs and Ham,” or “Oh, The Places
You’ll Go!” to analyze theme.
Finding Figurative Language
You can online versions of the texts here:
 http://denuccio.net/ohplaces.html
 http://www.teachersnotebook.co
m/product/MaddyMaitresse/reade
rs-theater-green-eggs-amp-ham
 https://sites.google.com/site/going
greenstudy/home/teachers/textand-media/the-lorax-the-lorax-play
 http://www.csun.edu/faculty/shee
na.malhotra/GRCSFiles/Final%20Projects/The%20Sneet
ches.htm
In your reading journal, write a RACER
strategy response identifying a theme in
your book and citing text evidence to
support your thinking.
Using the hard copy books in class
and the online book links found
under station 4, skim some Dr. Seuss
texts for figurative language.
Anytime you find an example, record
it in your reading journal. Be sure to
identify the type of figurative
language, how you know, and what
it means.
Once you have at least 10 examples
of figurative language, write a short
paragraph explaining why Dr. Seuss
includes figurative language in his
writing. How does figurative
language enhance his writing? How
could you use figurative language in
your own writing?
Early Finisher?
Seuss Scavenger Hunt
(record the answers in
your reading journal)
1) What is Dr. Seuss’s
real name?
2) What was his first
book?
3) When and where
was Dr. Seuss
born?
4) Where was “The
Cat and the Hat”
published?
5) What was the last
book that Dr. Seuss
wrote?
6) How many books
did Dr. Seuss write
and illustrate?