This Week’s Adapted Literature Selection: E2E Walden by Henry David Thoreau
This retelling of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden reads at an automated readability index of grade 3/4. This text aligns to the version in Holt’s Elements of Literature: Fifth Course.
Classic literature doesn’t have to be scary, boring, or too hard.
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Universally Designed texts take classic literature common to secondary ELA classrooms and rewrite them with words and style that are easier for ALL students to read. Fewer frustrated kids. Fewer heads down on the desk. Less refusal. Less acting out. More engagement. More confidence. Better understanding.
Your purchase includes three variations on this easier-to-read text that you may print for students or share digitally on the non-public platform of your choice. Variations include:
- A text-only copy
- A text copy with a blank, lined column on each page for teacher-customized or open-ended note-taking
- A text copy with a lined column and inference-based questions on each page for guided note-taking
This week’s social skills lesson: E2E Practice Tailgate Party
This is a really fun lesson for your whole family while you’re home. Work together this week to plan out your tailgate party. Choose a team and pick out clothing to support your team, put on a recorded game, set up in the driveway or backyard and grill out.
My students are baffled by the intricacies of social gatherings…especially parties. A practice tailgate party lets students practice their social skills at a realistic, yet GUIDED, environment.
This is a two-day lesson. Ideally, you’d cover the Day 1 portion of the lesson during a 50-minute class period and the Day 2 portion of the lesson during a 90-minute block class period. However, you could easily spread out all the Day 1 activities and information to last an entire week, culminating in a tailgate party on Friday.
