About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3
Lexile Measure: 890L
Guided Reading Level: R
Age: Age 8, Age 9, Age 10
Genre: Classics, Historical Fiction
Subject: Civil War, Extended Families, Siblings, Women's Experience
CULMINATING ACTIVITIES
- Have students select historical events and read about them. Next, have students write conversations that might have taken place between people involved in the events.
- Invite students to act out scenes from their books.
- Have students write newspaper accounts of events that take place in their books.
- Subjects:Content Area Reading, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Reading Response, Public Speaking, Literature, Research Skills, Creative Writing, Social Studies
- Skills:Reading Comprehension, Social Studies, Public Speaking, Research Skills, Writing
