Clarify-Students are to analyze where they lack an understanding of the book.

Summarize-Students will summarize the book, a chapter, or a section of the book.

Visualize-I ask students to draw a symbol that best represents the book.

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Lastly draw a primary character and at least one secondary character in the box below.

To assess setting students can create the setting in a drawing below.

You can ask them If you were given the opportunity to ask the author 5 questions what would they be? Write the questions below and explain why you want the answers to these questions.

Or, choose a significant incident in the book and write a journal entry from a character’s point-of-view.

Be prepared to share the chapter with your classmates.

Students can Predict what will happen in the next chapter and craft a chapter from a character’s perspective in first person point of view.

Create interview questions, practice and be prepared to present in front of the class.

Another journal response can be to Create a mock interview between yourself and a character.

This puts the students through the thought process of what empathy is like. Tell them something you admire about them and why. Tell them how you are similar or different.

Some of the examples are to write a letter to a character.

Second, I have multiple journal responses that I use throughout the unit that are engaging and assess student comprehension. Lunch Box Notes Emojis for Boys and Girls by Teacher for Inclusion () Fuzzy Mud Louis Sachar: Journal Responses

I like to keep definitions as simple as possible because when you use long definitions there is a low chance of student retention. Students are to write a simple synonym for the definition. I start by passing out a vocabulary sheet in which students have the page number and the vocabulary word. The children are saved in the end with a cure from a veterinarian who notices that turtles are the only living thing to not catch the epidemic. Tamaya soon has a terrible rash on her arm and meanwhile Chad has gone missing because he cannot see because of the mud. Marshall is punched a couple times and Tamaya is shoved by Chad but not before she shoves some fuzzy mud in his face. For this reason Tamaya and Marshall go through the woods where Chad is able to find them anyway. Marshall has a new bully named Chad who on one particular day told Marshall to meet him on a corner that Tamaya and Marshall usually pass by each day. Tamaya walks home with Marshall, and older boy everyday as directed by her mother for safety reasons, but Tamaya doesn’t mind because she has a bit of a crush on Marshall.

Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar: What It’s about? Click HERE for the full lessonįuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar is a coming-of-age novel with themes such as the dangers of man-made substances, bullying, and redemption.

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