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Unit Plan

Hoot Teacher's Guide

  • Grades:
    Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8
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This Unit Plan Supports Flashlight Readers: Hoot

Additional Resources:

  • Hoot Discussion Questions
  • Hoot Vocabulary Boosters
  • Teacher's Guide for Flashlight Readers

Overview

The Newbery Honor book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen celebrates young people's ability to make a difference in society. It challenges readers to think about how people are treated and how people treat the world around them. This session of Flashlight Readers builds on those themes by guiding students through research and discussions of important issues. It shows them how they can use their writing skills to take action. The interactive elements of this session and the lessons in this teacher's guide also build strong analytical skills and support literacy by having students analyze Hoot's characters and create new stories.

Objective

Students will:

  1. Develop clear opinions on important issues and use research to support these opinions in persuasive letters
  2. View stills from the movie and create new storylines
  3. Use digital resources to learn about the life of Carl Hiaasen, his writing process, how he develops his story ideas, and how he connects to his readers
  4. Communicate with the author through personal letters and/or an online chat

Lesson Plans for this Unit

Lesson 1: Write for Change

Lesson 2: Picturing the Story

Lesson 3: Up Close with the Author

Reproducibles

KWL Chart
Idea Web
Plot Diagram
KWL Chart

Supporting Books

Books and Resources for Teaching Hoot

Related Resources

Hoot Teacher's Guide
Students draw inspiration to discuss, research, and write about important issues form Carl Hiassen's book Hoot. They also pay special attention to plot elements and incoporate them into their own writing.
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  • Subjects:
    Literature, Reading Comprehension, Reading Response, Literature, Research Skills, Persuasive Writing, Current Events, Social Issues and Conditions, Sociology, Equality, Fairness and Justice, Manners and Conduct, Computers and the Internet, Educational Technology, Internet Activities, Teaching with Technology
  • Skills:
    Reading Comprehension, Online Sources, Research Skills, Persuasive Writing
  • Duration:
    7 Days
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