Sharon Creech
Lesson plans and teaching resources
|Biography and Background| |Bloomability| |Chasing Redbird| |Granny Torelli Makes Soup| |Love that Dog| |Ruby Holler| |Walk Two Moons| |The Wanderer|
Biography and Background
Sharon Creech
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Bloomability
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Chasing Redbird
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Granny Torelli Makes Soup
Granny Torelli Makes Soup
Summary, pre-reading activity, and 10 discussion questions. Access requires Adobe Reader.
Granny Torelli Makes Soup
Summary, discussion questions, and author interview. Access to this 4-page document requires Adobe Reader.
Love that Dog
Love that Dog and Hate that Cat
Summary, list of poetry terms with definitions and examples, and discussion questions for both books. Access to this 3-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.
Love that Dog!
Students use graphic organizers to complete categories, and they write sentences using a letter pattern. Includes printable handouts. Adobe Reader required; 7 pages.
Love that Dog
Summary, booktalk, 9 discussion questions, and related titles.
So Much Depends Upon ...
Inspired by both William Carlos Williams and the main character in Love That Dog, the writer will create four original 16-word poems that capture interesting images. The writer will then choose a favorite 16-word poem and ask, "Why would so much depend upon that image to someone else?" The writer can then create a short story about an original character who might have written the 16-word poem.
Ruby Holler
Ruby Holler
Summary, 12 discussion questions, and activities.
Book talk, pre-reading activity, and 8 discussion questions. Access requires Adobe Reader.
Walk Two Moons
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The Wanderer
The Wanderer
Summary and a dozen discussion questions.
Book talk, pre-reading activity, and 9 discussion questions. Access requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.