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  CONTENTS  
Teaching with
Book Club		 Components of the Program 5
Literacy Skill Instruction 6
       NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts 7
       Curriculum Correlation Chart 8
  Integrating Instruction 9
       Correlation to Social Studies Standards 10
  Assessment 10
     
Planning
an Extended
Theme-Based
Unit 		Unit Themes 12
Read-Aloud Book List 13
Special Classroom Library 13
Other Media 14
  Weekly Activities 14
       Ten-Week Unit Overview 15
       Week 1: Research 15
       Week 2: Background Building 16
       Week 3: Author Introduction 16
       Weeks 4-6: Book Club 17
       Week 7: Extension of Themes 17
       Weeks 8-9: Intertextual Connections 18
       Week 10: Dénouement 18
     
Book Club
Lesson Plans		 Missing May: A Synopsis 19
  1 Language Conventions: Responding to Missing May 20
    2 Response to Literature: Charting Characters' Responses 21
    3 Comprehension: Comparison and Contrast 22
    4 Literary Elements: Characterization and Author's Craft 23
    5 Literary Elements: Allusion 24
    6 Response to Literature: Decision Making 25
    7 Literary Elements: Point of View 26
    8 Literary Elements: Symbolism 26
    9 Response to Literature: Personification 28
  10 Language Conventions: Quotations and Paraphrasing 29
  11 Language Conventions: Abstract Nouns 30
  12 Composition: The Eulogy 31
     
Think Sheets Think Sheets and Evaluation Sheets follow page 31 of the Lesson Plans  
  1 What Can I Do in My Reading Log? 32
  2 Tripod Reading Log Page 33
  3 Responding to Missing May 34-35
  4 Wonderful Words 36
  5 Glossary for Missing May 37
  6 Ways of Experiencing Grief 38
  7 Symbolism 39
  8 Took Kit for Poetry Writing 40
  9 Essay Topics 41
     
Evaluation
Sheets 		1 Reading Log Evaluation 42
2 Whirligig Evaluation 43
  3 Setting Goals for My Reading Log 44
  4 Setting Goals for My Book Club 45
  5 Self-Assessment: Poetry 46
  6 Self-Assessment: Reading Log 47
  7 Self-Assessment: Book Club Behaviors 48