Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. Harper Collins, 1994.
Lexile Level: 770L
Learning Activity
Students will read the text in guided reading groups, based on their reading level. Students will receive support as needed through questioning, vocabulary, story mapping, and character development discussions.
After reading, students will choose one chapter to analyze. After rereading that chapter for details they will write a 5 paragraph essay (starting with a graphic organizer) that compares and contrasts the points of view of two characters. Students will use evidence from the text to support their arguments. They will also explain how this chapter relates to the points of view demonstrated by those characters in the rest of the story.
Students will have the opportunity for peer feedback, following editing and revising standards previously taught.
Standards
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Objectives
Students will be able to use a graphic organizer to organize and outline their thinking for a five paragraph essay.
Students will be able to write a five paragraph essay including an introduction and conclusion that outline their argument and main points.
Students will be able to write three comprehensive body paragraphs, comparing and contrasting the points of view of two characters in one chapter, and relating their chapter to the rest of the text.
Students will be able to include evidence from the text to support their arguments.
Students will be able to provide peer feedback utilizing editing and revising standards.
Outcomes
Students will be able to read a chapter book. The will use a graphic organizer to gather ideas and transfer that into a five paragraph essay including an introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion, including specific evidence from the text to support their argument. Students will be able to give peer feedback including editing and revising.
Goals
Students will be able to recognize how characters often have a different point of view when dealing with the same situation. Students will also notice how one chapter can relate to the overall text. Students will gain experience giving and receiving peer feedback.
Book Talk Form
Bibliographic Information:
Creech, S. (1994). Walk Two Moons. New York: Harper Collins Publishers Inc.
Fiction, grades 6-8, Level W (grade 6) 770 Lexile level Ages 10-14
Intended Audience: 6-8th graders, teachers, or parents
Key passage:
“How about a story? Spin us a yarn.”
Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. “I could tell you an extensively strange story,” I warned.
“Oh, good!” Gram said. “Delicious”
All that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother and the lunatic.
Approach: Plot based, mentioning the layers of stories as well as the craft the author uses.
Notes for Booktalk: I also thought a bout discussing the idea of secrets as a hook, which there are a lot of and a lot of clues that Sal and the characters have to figure out, or have to ignore. I could also mention how it is told from Sal’s perspective and the benefits of that.
The talk:
“How about a story? Spin us a yarn.”
Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. “I could tell you an extensively strange story,” I warned.
“Oh, good!” Gram said. “Delicious”
All that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother and the lunatic.
· Sounds interesting right? Today I am going to talk to you about Walk Two Moons, a fiction book by Sharon Creech.
· It is a great book for any 6th-8th grader, boy or girl who is still figuring out who they are. The main character is Salmanaca Tree Hiddle, but everyone calls her Sal.
· This book tells three different stories, with a lot of humor and a lot of emotion.
o The first about Sal’s week-long trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents. They are hysterical!
o The second story is the one Sal tells them during the trip, about her friend Phoebe Winterbottom and the strange things that happened to her.
o The last story is the one of Sal herself, learning to understand her mother’s disappearance, new friends, and her Native American background.
· This book is a great mix of foreshadowing, metaphors and descriptions of characters that make you feel like you are taking the journey right along with Sal. It won the Newberry Medal in 1995.
· If you’re looking for other books like this about growing up, check out Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli and Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan.
· Thank you for watching my book talk, and remember to check out Walk Too Moons!
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