Today’s Walking Classroom talks about the use of riddles in the novel, The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. In a riddle, each line gives you a clue, and you have to piece the clues together like a detective to figure out the answer. Sometimes riddles use words and phrases that mean something other than what you think they mean when you first hear them, and you really have to think about the words.
Character Value: Attentiveness
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RL.3.1, RL.3.4, L.3.5, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RL.4.1, RL.4.4, L.4.5, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RL.5.1, RL.5.4, L. 5.5, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RL.6.1, RL.6.4, L. 6.5, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RL.7.1, RL.7.4, L. 7.5, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RL.8.1, RL.8.4, L. 8.5, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
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Riddles from The Hobbit Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Riddles from The Hobbit Slide Deck
Recounts a riddle about escaping safely from a cursed temple.
Presents riddles from The Hobbit.
Explore Hobbiton with this 360-degree tour of the movie set of The Hobbit.
Solve hundreds of riddles students on this site.
Brainstorm, prepare, and write original riddles in this activity from the International Literacy Association.
Figure out the answers to various riddles in this printable from Super Teacher Worksheets.
Divide into groups, then race against the other groups to be the first to solve the riddles in this edgalaxy.com activity.
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