THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND | NOVEL STUDY | LITERATURE CIRCLES

A NOVEL STUDY
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba

and Bryan Miller
Lexile: 850L Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

Summary One of the co-authors tells his engaging and inspiring true story of hope, tenacity and imagination, in which as an African teenager he built a windmill from scraps, creating electricity for his village and a better life for himself and his family.

B.E.S.T. STANDARDS FOCUS
ELA.K12.EE.1.1,  ELA.K12.EE.2.1, ELA.K12.EE.3.1, ELA, ELA.4.V.1.3

OBJECTIVES
Explain how setting, events, conflict, and character development contribute to the plot in a literary text.

Identify the narrator’s point of view and explain the difference between a narrator’s point of view and character perspective in a literary text.

Summarize a text to enhance comprehension. Include plot and theme for a literary text.

Use context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of multiplemeaning and unknown words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

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