Day 2

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Nights in the Museum

    Kind of Activity:

    Artistic Response

    Objective:

    Students will be able to create text-to-text connections using the visual aids in the novel

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.5

    Structure:

    Scan the map of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Chapter 4 and paste it to a class blog, or blow up multiple copies and hand them out to students.

    Students should examine the titles of all the galleries. Move them into pairs. They should first make lists of words they don't know on the map, and look up the definitions. After they're sure they know all the terms, they should create either an online collage—like a Pinterest board—or a physical collage on the...

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