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Journeys: A Common Core State Standards Unit for A Wrinkle in Time and Companion Texts Unit PlanJourneys: A Common Core State Standards Unit for A Wrinkle in Time and Companion Texts Unit Plan
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Journeys: A Common Core State Standards Unit for A Wrinkle in Time and Companion Texts

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You won't find any wrinkles in your instruction with this unit guide on Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. The 34-page document includes everything from instructional questions and learning tasks aligned to Common Core State Standards to vocabulary and companion texts.

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Concepts

a wrinkle in time, science fiction, fantasy, novels, madeleine l'engle

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Consider assigning a jigsaw reading using the various companion texts provided in the resource and having learners report back with their summaries and analysis
  • Given the popularity of science fiction in modern media, offer assignments that allow students to compare/contrast presentation in mediums such as film and television with literature

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  • Instructional questions are directly matched to corresponding Common Core standards
  • Companion texts organized according to genre and themes/topics
  • Engaging project/activity ideas

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Common Core

RL.5.2 RL.5.4 RL.5.5 W.5.2.a SL.5.1.a RL.6.2 RL.6.3 RL.6.4 RL.6.5 RL.6.6 RL.6.7 RL.6.9 RL.7.2 RL.7.4 RL.7.6 RL.7.7 RL.8.2 RL.8.4 RI.6.2 RI.6.3 RI.6.4 RI.6.5 RI.6.8 RI.7.8 W.6.1.a W.6.2.a W.7.1.a W.7.2.a W.8.1.a W.8.2.a SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a L.6.1.a L.6.3.a L.7.1.a L.7.3.a L.8.1.a L.8.3.a

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