THE LEAP BY LOUISE ERDRICH SHORT STORY PRESENTATION & ACTIVITIES

Introduce students to The Leap by Louise Erdrich with these ready-to-use short story resources.

Included in your purchase:

• A 21 slide PowerPoint presentation that walks you through the lesson (author biography, discussion, question responses, activity prompts, and much more).

• A vocabulary matching game where students work to reveal the secret mystery word. (modified version included)

• A literary devices sorting activity where students sort examples of metaphor, simile, and personification examples from the text.

• Analysis questions with answer key provided.

• Flying Avalon Poster creative project where students create a promotional poster for the act. 

• Oral story-telling creative assignment where students share a story about their lives in the oral tradition. 

• A newspaper article writing assignment where students write an article about Anna, the narrator's mother.  

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