The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities: American Superstition and Folklore

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will research and explain one American folkore and superstition; Students will then create their own, unique, folklore

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3

Structure:

As a preparation for this classroom assignment, students should have already handed in, and have returned to them, the homework assignment on defining folklore and superstition.

Break the class down into smaller groups. These groups will work together to complete the assignment.

Begin by spending a few moments asking students to share the definitions from their homework assignment. Then...