Dec 29
Are you looking to add some fun to your Maniac Magee unit? Check out these Maniac Magee Teaching Ideas. Maniac Magee is a great unit for teaching both theme and character change. Story Summary Jeffrey Magee, later nicknamed Maniac, goes to live with Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan after his parents die in a trolley accident. After years of living with …
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Dec 22
From anchor charts paired with constructed response questions to compare the novel to the movie, this post provides many A Wrinkle in Time activities to add to your novel study. From the first line of the book . . . “It was a dark and stormy night,” until the last line. . . “But they never learned …
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Oct 14
I first read the book Wonder while on vacation at the beach. I just couldn’t put the book down, so I ended up spending a good bit of the day sitting under an umbrella reading. Through laughter and tears, I followed Auggie through his fifth-grade year. My first impression was that Palacio was a fantastic writer. Her storytelling …
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Aug 05
In the novel Hatchet, Brian learned how to survive in the wilderness by using the knowledge he learned from watching documentaries on television. With a little information, you too will be better equipped to survive if you become stranded. The Organizer First, think about what Brian did. An organizer is provided for students to list …
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