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Novel Ideas
Dave WegeFebruary 12, 2015
Criteriamultiple genresaward-winning booksbooks I liked as a kidbooks kids would never pick on their ownbooks that match other class content
Premise: Kids love a great story.Use stories as a vehicle to teachliterature concepts and terms.
The more you read, the better reader you become!Better readers find school less difficult.
Grades 5-6 Grades 7-8The Wreckers
Iain LawrenceWitch of Blackbird PondElizabeth George Speare
HolesLouis Sachar
Johnny TremainEsther Forbes
The BorrowersMary Norton
CrispinAVI
BradyJean Fritz
Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Island of the Blue
DolphinsScott O’Dell
JackarooCynthia Voigt
Number the StarsLois Lowry
The Dark is RisingSusan Cooper
Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine Paterson
Where Do I Go from Here?Valerie Wilson Wesley
Justin Morgan Had a HorseMarguerite Henry
VictorySusan Cooper
Black and Blue Magic Zilpha Keatley Snyder
2013-2014 Classroom Novel Units
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Criteriamultiple genresaward-winning books
Premise: Kids love a great story.Use stories as a vehicle to teachliterature concepts and terms.
Grades 5-6 Grades 7-8The Wreckers
Iain LawrenceWitch of Blackbird PondElizabeth George Speare
HolesLouis Sachar
Johnny TremainEsther Forbes
The BorrowersMary Norton
CrispinAVI
BradyJean Fritz
Hound of the BaskervillesSir Arthur Conan Doyle
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell
JackarooCynthia Voigt
Number the StarsLois Lowry
The Dark is RisingSusan Cooper
Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine Paterson
Where Do I Go from Here?Valerie Wilson Wesley
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Marguerite Henry
VictorySusan Cooper
Black and Blue Magic Zilpha Keatley Snyder
2013-2014 Classroom Novel Units
Grades 5-6 Grades 7-8From the Mixed-Up Filesof
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg
In the Stone CircleElizabeth Cody Kimmel
Firestorm!Joan Hyatt Harlow
Rifles for WatieHarold Keith
The TrespassersZilpha Keatley Snyder
Where the Red Fern GrowsWilson Rawls
The Incredible JourneySheila Burnsford
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. TaylorMrs. Frisby and the Rats of
NIMHRobert C. O’Brien
The OutsidersS.E. Hinton
The BoggartSusan B. Cooper
CrispinAVI
HatchetGary Paulsen
Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine Paterson
The Summer of the SwansBetsy Byars
Summer of FearLois Duncan
Down the Long Hills Louis L’Amour
2014-2015 Classroom Novel Units
“Novel on the Screen”
Students cannot read ahead.
Students must pay attention!
They must jot notes to retain info.
Unique spellings are visual.
Demonstrate good oral reading.
Chapter One ~ Possibilities
On the very first morning of the summer vacation when Harry Houdini Marco was almost twelve years old, a pretty weird thing happened. Right at the time Harry didn't think too much about it, for some reason, maybe because he'd never been the kind of kid who went in for any sort of magic stuff. It wasn't until afterwards that he began to have second thoughts about what happened that day in the attic. But afterwards, considering the way the rest of the summer turned out, he decided he might as well believe there'd been something fishy about that first morning, too.
The day started out badly, about as bad as a first day of vacation possibly could. Harry's first chore was to mow the lawn in front of the boarding house, and it was right then that things started off on the wrong foot. Actually, Harry was feeling cheerful enough when he started, but, right smack dab in the middle of the mowing, a moving van pulled up in front of Pete Wilson's apartment a few doors down Kerry Street. Of course, Harry had known that the Wilsons were planning to move, but he had hoped it wouldn't be until the end of the summer.
But no such luck. So there went Pete, not one of Harry's best friends but certainly the very last kid anywhere near Harry's age on the whole street. Moving to the suburbs, just like all the families in the neighborhood except the Marcos. Summer vacation suddenly began to look like a long lonely stretch of nothing.
Black and Blue Magic Zilpha Keatly Snyder
Chapter One: Possibilities
1. The main character of Black and Blue Magic is a young
boy named ____________________________________.
2. Why was Harry given this particular name?
3. His summer is not off to a very good start. Explain.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
4. Harry and his mom are having tough financial times. Give examples to prove this. (2)
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“Novel – Read to You”The teacher has the only copy!
Essential to dramatize the reading!
Can change the storyline for effect!
What about missed reading sessions?
Down the Long Hills Louis L’Amour Chapter 12 _____________
1. What sound awakens Hardy? ________________________
2. Big Red seems a little angry and excited because . . .
3. What tactics would these animals use to take down the horse?
___________________________ _____________________________4. How does Hardy handle this dangerous situation? (2)
5. What is the biggest problem with Hardy’s decision to play with fire?
6. What are the three dangers that Hardy must constantly remember and prepare to face?
Chapter Question: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Main Idea: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Summary: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Prediction: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter Reaction: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Down the Long Hillsby Louis L’Amour
Name: ____________________ Chapter: __4__
Chapter Question: Is that bear he met still out in the woods and is
still living out there?
Main Idea: They found some tracks of a Indian out in the plan and theywere fresh ones, two.
Chapter Summary: Scott and his friends are out there looking for his son, and the find some Indian trackes so the follow them and the find one of Hardy camps and they find a hand print in the dirt that is so small tney know Andy girl is with him. The Indian is still following him and they are go past a place were the Indian got attacked by a bear.
Chapter Prediction: The Indian is going to ran into the bear and he isgoing to fight it off.
Chapter Reaction: It was good we learn even more about the Indian and how great he really is and how close he came to being killed by agrillze bear.
Elements of Literature? What is being left out?
foreshadowingflashbacks
rising actionprotagonist
antagonist setting
mood characterization
descriptive la
nguage
sentence structure imagery
The Incredible JourneyChapters 1-5
amphibioussolitude
translucentcontrition
parodystolidlyillegiblemellowwistfulplacid
derelictvalianttalons
bansheesquelchtantalizefragrantderisionfamishedamiable
encounterirresoluteravenousreluctanttorrent
requiem
Word Work:
Use each of your list words in a sentence of between seven and nine words. Proofreadfor spelling, punctuation, and other errors. Highlight your list words.
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
R A P Q A
• Respond — Commentary about the events, student’s perspective
• Associate — Compare to a similar event you have experienced,
seen, read about, or heard from a friend
• Predict — What do you think will happen in the next chapters?
• Question — Anything that was unclear or made you ponder?
• Apply — Christian application for the student’s life
Book Report:ala 2015
MORAL
Book Report:ala 2015
Laptops are tools!Type the book report on that tool.Insert appropriate pictures to tell the story.Read your report to the class – publish.
Include books you have loved in your book lists!
Showcase favorite authors!
Criss-cross the curriculum! Cross-Curricular Education
Demonstrate good oral reading skills.
Use different “vehicles” to teach the stories.
Susan Cooper AVI Gary PaulsenJean Fritz Betsy Byers Lois Lowry
Wilson Rawls Louis L’AmourZilpha Keatley Snyder
Cynthia Voigt E.L. Konigsburg S.E. Hinton Elizabeth George Speare
