Dave Wege
February 12, 2015
multiple genres
award-winning books
books I liked as a kid
books kids would never pick on their own
books that match other class content
Premise: Kids love a great story.
Use stories as a vehicle to teach
literature concepts and terms.
The more you read, the better reader you become!
Better readers find school less difficult.
2013-2014 Classroom Novel Units
Grades 5-6
Grades 7-8
The Wreckers
Iain Lawrence
Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
Holes
Louis Sachar
Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
Crispin
AVI
Brady
Jean Fritz
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Marguerite Henry
Black and Blue Magic
Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jackaroo
Cynthia Voigt
The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper
Where Do I Go from Here?
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Victory
Susan Cooper
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
multiple genres
award-winning books
Premise: Kids love a great story.
Use stories as a vehicle to teach
literature concepts and terms.
2013-2014 Classroom Novel Units
Grades 5-6
The Wreckers
Iain Lawrence
Holes
Louis Sachar
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
Brady
Jean Fritz
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Marguerite Henry
Black and Blue Magic
Grades 7-8
Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes
Crispin
AVI
Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jackaroo
Cynthia Voigt
The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper
Where Do I Go from Here?
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Victory
Susan Cooper
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
2014-2015 Classroom Novel Units
Grades 5-6
Grades 7-8
From the Mixed-Up Filesof Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
Firestorm!
Joan Hyatt Harlow
The Trespassers
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnsford
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O’Brien
The Boggart
Susan B. Cooper
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
The Summer of the Swans
Betsy Byars
Down the Long Hills
In the Stone Circle
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Rifles for Watie
Harold Keith
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
Crispin
AVI
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
Summer of Fear
Lois Duncan
Louis L’Amour
“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
Chapter One: Possibilities
Zilpha Keatly Snyder
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.
___________________________________________________________
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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:
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Main Idea:
____________________________________________________________________
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Chapter Summary:
______________________________________________________________________
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Chapter Prediction:
_____________________________________________________________________
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Chapter Reaction: ___________________________________________
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Down the Long Hills
by Louis L’Amour
Name: ____________________ Chapter: __4__
Is that bear he met still out in the woods and is
still living out there?
They found some tracks of a Indian out in the plan and they
were fresh ones, two.
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.
The Indian is going to ran into the bear and he is
going to fight it off.
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 a
grillze bear.
Elements of Literature? What is being left out?
rising action
setting
mood
characterization
imagery
amphibious
solitude
translucent
contrition
parody
stolidly
illegible
mellow
wistful
placid
derelict
valiant
talons
banshee
squelch
tantalize
fragrant
derision
famished
amiable
encounter
irresolute
ravenous
reluctant
torrent
requiem
The Incredible Journey
Chapters 1-5
Word
Work:
Use each of your list words in a sentence
of between seven and nine words. Proofread
for spelling, punctuation, and other errors.
Highlight your list words.
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
RAPQA
• 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
ala 2015
MORAL
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
Susan Cooper
AVI
Gary Paulsen
Demonstrate
reading
skills.
Jean Fritz good oral
Betsy
Byers
Lois Lowry
Use different
stories.L’Amour
Wilson“vehicles”
Rawls to teach the Louis
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Cynthia Voigt
E.L. Konigsburg
S.E. Hinton
Elizabeth George Speare