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Eragon Help

by Emily

Feb 8, 2009

I'm reading Eragon with a small group of fifth graders beginning next week. The class is reading books that have been made into movies, like Eragon, Coraline, Bridge to Terabithia, Ella Enchanted, and Because of Winn Dixie.

I have been searching the Internet, but I am having trouble finding any helpful (free) activities, discussion questions, or vocabulary tips that can be helpful for Eragon. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, Emily

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Kim Pederson Dear Emily,

There really isn't anything out there. I know because I have looked. :-) I ended up writing an entire curriculum for Eragon for my 5th graders, and have used it for three years now.

Things you can do:

Visualizations with captions from favorite parts of the chapter. Kids love to do visualizations!

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Feb 10, 2009

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Emily On 2/10/09, Kim Pederson wrote: > Dear Emily, > > There really isn't anything out there. I know because I have > looked. :-) I ended up writing an entire curriculum for > Eragon for my 5th graders, and have used it for three years > now. > > Things you can do: > > Visualizations with captions from favorite parts of the...See MoreOn 2/10/09, Kim Pederson wrote: > Dear Emily, > > There really isn't anything out there. I know because I have > looked. :-) I ended up writing an entire curriculum for > Eragon for my 5th graders, and have used it for three years > now. > > Things you can do: > > Visualizations with captions from favorite parts of the > chapter. Kids love to do visualizations! > > Travel brochure for the places Eragon traveled to, complete > with "bad guy" warnings in certain areas. What are the > highlights, and why are they good places to visit? > > Have the children choose 5-10 unfamiliar words and make their > own chapter dictionaries, complete with illustrations and > synonyms. > > Make setting pyramids with captions explaining why each > setting is important. > > Character analysis. Have the children take a character from > whichever chapter you are reading, and have them pull text > from the chapter that explains or reveals character traits > of the characters. > > Sequence of events: This also involves some drawing and > writing. Choose a chapter with a great deal of action or > several chapters with big events. Have the children draw > and label a sequence of important events and what the bit > outcome is of these events (if there is one, considering > where you might be in the book). > > Do a Compare/Contrast Venn Diagram with Eragon and the child > doing the assignment. There should be some interesting > differences, to say the least! > > Have the children dream up multiple choice questions based > upon a chapter of the text, then give one another their > quizzes to see if they read very well. > > Summary: Choose 4 sequential chapters, have the children > take the main event from each chapter, then write a 4 > sentence summary of those events. You can do this with a > chapter as well, reminding the children to keep their > sentences limited to important events and IN ORDER. Short > summaries should not be more than 4 or 5 sentences, so this > really limits the children and forces them to think about > what the important events are. It helps to do this > assignment by putting them into small groups so they can > discuss it. > > Once they view the movie at the end of the novel, have the > children write short essay on the similarities and > differences between the movie and the novel. This should > happen, of course, after an indepth discussion following > viewing the movie. In my 5th grade classes, my students > loved being about to see Saphira and getting that > visualization, but they hated how the movie makers seemed to > ruin a wonderful story. They need to be able to write down > their opinions clearly and concisely, as though explaining > it to the movie makers, and why they should have followed > the book in a much better way. > > Write a letter to Christopher Paolini telling him what they > thought of his book and what their favorite parts were. Use > it as a Language Arts exercise, first doing a rough draft, > then writing the final draft to mail to the author. When I > started this four years ago, Mr. Paolini wrote us back, not > once, but twice. The students LOVED this. Since more > classes are using Eragon now, it may be that he's too busy > to write back, but it's worth a shot. :-) > > Anyway, these are just a few of my ideas that I used. > Unfortunately, since I'm not teaching 5th grade this year, I > gave my disk to a friend with the curriculum on it, and did > not keep one for myself (stupid!). It had been on my iBook > harddrive, but I upgraded, and much to my dismay, lost all > that work.... > > Hopefully these thoughts will be of some help, however. > > May Your Sword Stay Sharp!! > > Kim Pederson > > [email removed]

Feb 11, 2009

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