The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers Short Story Slides & Activities
Bring The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers to life with this all-in-one teaching resource designed to engage students in thoughtful analysis, discussion, and meaningful connections. This resource includes everything you need to explore the story’s literary elements, historical context, and central themes while incorporating interactive and creative activities. You’ll have everything you need with a presentation to guide the lesson, a comprehension quiz, a vocabulary game, analysis questions, thematic statement writing, plot diagram analysis, figurative language practice, and more! This works great as a Black History Month short story lesson, but it can be used at any point in the year!
What’s Included in The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers Teaching Bundle:
➡️ The Treasure of Lemon Brown Presentation – Use this engaging presentation to guide your lesson on The Treasure of Lemon Brown. Students will explore Walter Dean Myers’ biography, the impact of post-WWII America, the Harlem Renaissance, the significance of blues music, and the influence of the Vietnam War. The presentation also includes in-depth literary analysis, covering elements such as personification, situational irony, pathetic fallacy, symbolism, suspense, theme, dialect, and dynamic character development.
➡️ Vocabulary Matching Game – Engage students with challenging vocabulary from The Treasure of Lemon Brown in a fun, interactive way. By matching key quotes to vocabulary words and their definitions, they will piece together letters to reveal a mystery word.
➡️ Reading Quiz – Quickly assess students’ understanding of The Treasure of Lemon Brown with this print-ready quiz that includes six multiple-choice questions and two short-answer questions.
➡️ Short Story Analysis Questions – Have students dive deeper into The Treasure of Lemon Brown with these six higher-order analysis questions. These questions prompt analysis of key literary elements, including symbolism, theme, conflict, characterization, mood, and imagery.
➡️ Thematic Statement Writing – Help students craft strong thematic statements based on the story with this assignment. They will write two thematic statements that capture important thematic topics in The Treasure of Lemon Brown and find direct text evidence to support each one.
➡️ Figurative Language Assignment – Have students analyze the author’s use of literary devices by identifying and labeling examples of metaphor, onomatopoeia, idiom, personification, alliteration, and simile within quotes from The Treasure of Lemon Brown.
➡️ Video Journal Response – After watching a short, thought-provoking video that connects to the themes of The Treasure of Lemon Brown, students will write a personal reflection to help them draw connections between the story’s messages and real-world experiences.
➡️ Plot Diagram Assignment – Have students examine the plot structure of the story with this structured graphic organizer. Students will identify and explain what happens during the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, reinforcing their understanding of the story’s structure.
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