St. Valentine's Day Massacre Activities Bundle- PDF Version

Something different from Valentine’s romance plus engaging nonfiction for any time.

Money-saving bundle of activities for Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Several options of different non-fiction based activities. After reading the New York Times Article about the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, students can complete reading questions, critical thinking questions and/ or graphic organizers. Another option is reading one of two Al Capone articles to evaluate the argument in each. Also included are two options for a Web Scavenger Hunt on Capone. Students can also create an Infographic on Al Capone using the reading and/ or research.

Contents:

• Wanted Poster Activity (Anticipatory Activity #1 or Supplemental Activity): Includes two versions. One version is for people—like Al Capone—or characters. Students will write about the reason the person is wanted. Also includes a get-to-know you activity for students to complete about why they would be wanted—for good reasons like being a good singer or bad reasons for being in trouble. (This is also included in the Back to School ELA Activities Bundle - PDF)

• Al Capone KWL (Anticipatory Activity #2): Great way to begin learning about Al Capone, especially if students are familiar with the 1983 movie Scarface. This is a bundle only item. There is also a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre KWL with the Graphic organizers.

Pair with the KWL Research Project for an engaging, student-lead project!

• St. Valentine's Day Massacre Reading Questions on New York Times Article: Set of activities to go with reading the historical New York Times Article about the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Includes reading questions, critical thinking questions and graphic organizers. Answer keys provided.

• St. Valentine's Day Massacre Web Scavenger Hunt Activity Two options for students to research Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre online. The Structured Web Scavenger Hunt has students use a single website to answer specific questions. The general Web Scavenger Hunt has guided questions for students to complete in their project using websites of their choice. Answer key/ rubric provided. Students will need access to the internet plus use of PowerPoint or another presentation program.

• Al Capone Informational Text Analysis Activity: this activity helps students practice with analysis of an argument, using a text about Al Capone, including evaluating an argument for effectiveness. The activity includes two passages, guiding questions, and a response prompt. Grading and rubric included.

• Al Capone Infographic Activity: students will create an infographic to summarize or show research about Al Capone. Includes rubrics and handout on how to create infographics.

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This bundle is TPT containing individual PDF files for the activities.

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Activities Bundle is also available as a premium, editable Word (.docx) file with the activities.

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Suggestions for use:

• Engage students with projects based on the text
• Text connections
• Whole class text
• Book clubs
• Book groups
• Reading clubs
• Reading groups
• Individual texts
• Independent Reading
• Thinking critically about literature
• Literature study
• Reading Questions
• Reading Accountability
• Compare any movie version to the text
• Working with different media (film)
• Movies in the classroom
• Literary Essay topics
• Literary essay prewriting
• Personal Writing
• Essay writing with rubrics
• Graphic organizers for Literature
• Thinking visually

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