The Highlights of HomeschoolingLiterature Novel Unit Study

and Lapbook

Chocolate Feverwritten by Robert Kimmel Smith

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Name of Book: Chocolate Fever Author: Robert Kimmel Smith

Lessons 1 Chapters 1,2Lesson 2 Chapters 3,4Lesson 3 Chapters 5,6Lesson 4 Chapters 7,8Lesson 5 Chapters 9,10Lesson 6 Chapters 11,12

Vocabulary List

Lesson 1 bargain, chocolate, concentrate, discovery, startling

Lesson 2 appreciate, delicate, phenomenon, welled, trickled

Lesson 3 impossible, civilized, laboratory, predicament, pincushion

Lesson 4 cautiously, surrounded, ridiculous, miserable, brilliant, hesitate, revolting

Lesson 5 doused, ricocheted, acquaintance, dumbfounded, desolate, subsided

Lesson 6 distributing, guaranteed, keen, reverse, ruffle, canister

Make a Lapbook with many of the activities in this unit. You can follow the example or create one however you like using file folders and the lapbook cutouts from the unit.

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Pre-Reading Activity: Have the student look at the book they willbe studying for this unit. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the book patterns or in their notebook. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lapbook.

Title Illustrator

PublishingCompany

MainCharacter

Why areyou looking forwardto readingthis book

What do you think the book is about?

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Author Activity: Have the student use the book they are studying and information found on the internet. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the patterns or in their notebook. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lapbook.

Write the author’s name on the correct pattern

Write the name of all the books by this author on the book pattern. If there are more than three books, just select the three most famous.

On the house pattern writeinformation about the author suchas where the author was born, lived and how they became anauthor.

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Lesson 1 Activities: Have the student use the book they are studying for the following lesson activities. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the page or in their notebook.

Lesson 1 Chapters 1,2Fill in the Blanks: Write the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence Words: bargain concentrate startling chocolate

1. The _____ news shook Michael out of his shoes.2. _____ comes from a type of bean.3. It was hard for Henry to _____ after eating the chocolate candy.4. Mrs. Kimmerlfarber was pleased with the _____ she got while shopping.

True / False: Write T if statement is true; write F if it is false.1. _____ Henry found brown freckles on himself.2. _____ Henry did not like Michael.3. _____ Henry found the freckles during gym class.

Multiple Choice: Write ABCD in the space for the best answer.1. _____ Henry Green ate anything made with __.A. vanillaB. raspberriesC. chocolateD. nuts

2. _____ In Kimmerlfarber’s class Henry developed__.A. measlesB. chicken poxC. pimplesD. freckles

3. _____ Henry felt __ all day long.A. happyB. sadC. strangeD. sick

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Comprehension: Write full sentences to answer these questions.

1. Who did not like to be called Marco Polo?

2. What did Henry love?

3. Where was there always a supply of chocolate items?

4. When did Henry start to feel strange?

5. Why didn’t Henry say ‘hi’ to his best friend?

6. How did Henry answer his teacher?

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Vocabulary word: ________________________________Definition of the word: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Antonym of the word: _____________________________How many syllables does the word have? ______________

Vocabulary Word: ________________________________Sentence using the word: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Synonym of the word: _____________________________

Vocabulary: Look up thevocabulary words from the listfor this lesson. On two patterns, or on two index cards write one word. On one card writethe definition of the word, theAntonym and how many Syllables the word has.

On the other card, write the sameword. Write a full sentence usingthis word and write theSynonym of the word.

Do this for all the vocabularywords. Place the patternsor cards in an envelopewhich can be glued into the student’s notebook or onto thelapbook.

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Sequencing: At the end of the lesson write two of the main events on these two strips. Save them in an envelope which can be glued onto the lapbook or in the notebook.At the end of the book, thesestrips can be taken out and the student can try to arrange them in the correct order as they occurred in the story.

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Handwriting: Have the student pick their favorite sentence they read in this lesson. Have them write the sentence in their best handwriting on this page or in their notebook.

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Main Idea: In a sentence or two, write what the main idea of this part of the book was.

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Key Event: What was the most important event?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Prediction: Predict what you think will happen in the next lesson. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Comparison: Compare two things in this lesson. Tell what makes them alike and what makes them different. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fact or Opinion: Write one sentence that is a fact about the lesson and one sentence that is an opinion about the lesson.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Physical appearance Concern or worry

Main character

Who they relate to Your opinion of them

Main Character: Write words in the circles to describe the main character.

Poetry Form: Write a poem about the book or characters using this format. Couplet: A Couplet is a two line poem witha fun and simple rhyming pattern. Each line has the same number of syllables and theirendings must rhyme with one another. Humor is often used in couplets. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________________________________________________________________________________

Example: If a seed could have its way it would grow in just one day.

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Creative Writing Activity: Have the student use this form or write in their notebook.

Dear ,____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________Sincerely,

Letter Writing: Write a letter from one character in the book to another.

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Lapbook Activity: Main Character Have the student draw and color a picture of the main character on the solid section of the flap book. Cut out the entire flap book. Cut on the dotted lines and fold the four flap sections over the picture of the main character. On the outside of each flap have the student write one word that describes the character.

Poster Board Activity: Book Collage Have the student print out pictures from the internet that represent characters from the story. They can use magazine pictures as well. Then have the student glue them all over a 1/2 poster board in an overlapping fashion to create a book collage.

Creative Art Activity: SculptingHave the student create on of thecharacters from the story out of clayor play doe.Sam

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