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Tuck Everlasting: Discussion Web Strategy ActivityTuck Everlasting: Discussion Web Strategy Activity
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4th - 7th
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Tuck Everlasting: Discussion Web Strategy

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Guide learners through a discussion about Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting with a helpful graphic organizer. As they read through the novel, individuals note their reactions to statements about the book's themes, and fill out a chart with their opinions and support from the text.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

tuck everlasting, natalie babbitt, group discussions, discussion skills

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the graphic organizer with any other story or novel unit
  • Have readers brainstorm their opinions of statements, as well as supporting evidence from the text, before engaging in the class discussion

Classroom Considerations

  • You'll need to augment the assessment with something more concrete
  • Based on statements from a previous lesson in the Tuck Everlasting unit

Pros

  • Focuses on important language arts skills
  • Promotes group work and collaborative discussion

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.5.1 RL.5.10 SL.4.1.a SL.5.1.a RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.7.1 RL.7.2 SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a

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Unit Plan

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Website

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