A Novel Study Unit
This is the unit I use when reading the novel, The Cricket in Times Square with my students. Normally, I read this with my 5th graders, but you could go a year lower as well. I have aligned the journal page questions, quiz questions, and final test questions to the common core. Usually, I give a chapter to read and assign the coordinating journal page to finish. The next day, they discuss in a discussion group, what they wrote on their journal pages. You can use thes