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: American Civil War, Civil War Period and Reconstruction, Extended Families, Siblings, Women's History and 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:Social Studies, Content Area Reading, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Reading Response, Literature Appreciation, Public Speaking, Research Skills, Creative Writing
- Skills:Reading Comprehension, Social Studies, Public Speaking, Research Skills, Writing
