LitWits Printables for
by Norton Juster
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ACTIVITY PRINTABLES
Pictured: 9 of 16 activities
For details and directions, see our free Creative Teaching Ideas for The Phantom Tollbooth.
Printables: packaging
Printable: staff paper
Printable: giant ears
Printable: test tube labels
Printables: letters and template
Printable: template
Printable: surveyor card
Printable: clockface sticker
Printable: travel sticker
ACTIVITY PRINTABLES
9 activities pictured above
"BookBites: Eat your wordsl" - packaging label for book-related snack activity
"Compose a Chromagraph" - music staff paper template for listening, art, music, interpretation, and comprehension activity
"Guess what's making that soundl" - giant downloadable ears for extra listening power (and lots of laughter)
"Collect and label noises" - test tube labels for assessing and labeling collected noises; the activity aids listening, interpretation skills, and comprehension
"Be Jules Feiffer" - template and words for wordplay, guided emulative drawing, and interpretation skills
"Face the Dodecahedron" - template for geometry, interpretation skills, comprehension
"Measure some life-sized matters" - surveyor's form for measuring real and abstract items, for measurement and math skills (and fun)
"Just(er) for fun" - clockface sticker for sealing a written note to learners, to encourage interest in learning
"Show off your story travels" - travel sticker to celebrate your "field trip" through this book
For activity descriptions, supplies, and directions, see our page of Creative Teaching Ideas for The Phantom Tollbooth.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEETS
7 activities not pictured
"Meet the author" (StoryMakers) - author note-taking to support viewing this bio video to aid in comprehension of context
"See how this story fits the narrative arc" (StoryLines) - narrative arc concept and this story's plot points, to aid literary analysis and writing skills
"Decide on Whichopolis" (WhereAbouts) - consider and choose a first destination, and explain the reasoning
"Draw ideas as places" (WhereAbouts) - imagine, draw, and consider elements of some story settings, for inspiring imagination and practicing interpretation skills
"Act like an idiom" (Brave New Words) - act out and learn idioms, to aid in comprehension of new words, intrepretation skills, cultural allusions, and comprehension
Write Angles - creative writing about a pun-based character, for comprehension and practice of language arts, characterization, and interpretive skills
Number Crunch - learn how to find an average, for life lessons, math skills, story comprehension
For worksheet activity descriptions and directions, see our page of Creative Teaching Ideas for The Phantom Tollbooth.
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