A Guide For Using The Chocolate Touch In The Classroom

"Includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activites"--Publisher's web site.

New ways to teach reading, writing and the love of literature.

Teach the importance of a healthy diet with this twist on the classic myth of King Midas. Reinforce comprehension and vocabulary. Enjoy matching questions at the beginning of each chapter to introduce words from the novel. Put events from the book in the order that they happened. Predict whether John will be happy with his new chocolate touch ability. Show creativity by drawing a picture of the large chocolate box John buys from the mysterious storekeeper. Write a successful book report with the help of a graphic organizer. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The Chocolate Touch is a re-imagined story of a young boy who turns everything he eats into chocolate. John Midas loves candy, especially chocolate. He loves it so much, that he refuses to eat anything else. His parents try to get him to eat more healthy food, but to no avail. One day, John finds a mysterious coin on his way to a friend's house. He decides to spend this coin on a box of chocolate from a store he's never seen before. To his disappointment, the box contains a single ball of chocolate. He eats it anyway, enjoying every last piece. The next day, John wakes to discover that everything he eats turns to chocolate. John is the happiest he could ever be, but soon discovers the downfalls of a chocolate diet.

For use in the class when reading The Borrowers.

"Curriculum connections, vocabulary, unit tests, critical thinking"--Cover.

Provides many activities to use when presenting The velveteen rabbit by Margery Williams. Projects include: pre-reading activities, biographical sketch, book summary, vocabulary lists, and book report activities.

Provides many activities to use when presenting Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. Projects include: pre-reading activities, biographical sketch, book summary, vocabulary lists, and book report activities.

Includes the following features: sample lesson plans, pre-reading activities, biographical sketch and picture of the author, book summary, vocabulary lists and vocabulary activity ideas, quizzes, hands-on projects, cooperative learning activities, cross-curricular activities, post-reading activities, book report ideas, research ideas,