The Lorax - Click to get the book

Before Reading the Book

1.) Describe what you think a Lorax might be. Have the students use words and pictures to describe.

2.) Brainstorm the way trees can be used.

3.) Discuss ways people can harm and help the earth.

Links to Explore

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Teacher CyberGuide
Natural Resources Lesson on The Lorax
Trees Lesson
Another Lorax Lesson
ECOLOGY WITH SEUSS GRADE LEVELS 3-6 - Based on The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, this product contains thirteen writing activities which range from pure language arts poetry and creative writing to persuasive essays on environmental dilemmas.
Forestry and The Lorax - This is a web based lesson plan involving Dr. Suess's book "The Lorax". It is primarily a reading lesson, with offshoots into different subjects, for a fourth grade classroom.
http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/lessons/partlessonK.html Read, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. Discuss with children how the smogulous smoke produced by the THNEEDS factory made the Lorax cough, whiff, sneeze, snuff, snarggle, and croak. Talk with students about air pollution produced by cars and other machinery with gas-burning engines, as well as emissions produced by furnaces, fireplaces, factories, and incinerators. Then have the students work with a partner to conduct this experiment to see how dirty the air really is.

The Words To The Lorax are Here!
Read, Write Now What students would say to the Once-ler if they were the Lorax
Be A Seuss Lorax Helper Good school project; make a donation to plant a tree; also online game which requires Shockwave
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While Reading the Book

1.) Have a softness display. Invite students to decide which of the materials available are the softest. What do they think the tuffs of the Truffula Tree would most feel like?

2.) Brainstorm earth friendly alternatives for Thneeds.

3.) Compile all the changes the Once-ler caused to happen in the world of the Lorax.

4.) Discuss the word UNLESS

After Read the book

1.) Ask some questions such as: Why did the old Once-ler give the seed to the little boy? Where did the Lorax go? Do you think what the Once-ler family did was right? What do you think might happen in the future if the story were to continue?

2.) You may wish to read the book below and compare the two books.

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

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A Guide for Using The Great Kapok Tree in the Classroom

Teaching is a work of Heart 2001

 

 

 

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