Tuck Everlasting ELA Novel Study

This class uses the Moving Beyond the Page Language Arts curriculum. As such learners will use literature to learn language arts, develop their critical thinking and creativity skills, and use the 6+1 traits of writing approach (Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, Presentations). A Summary of Skills will be provided when you enroll that tells you which state and national (US) standards that each unit covers for your own planning and any documentation requirements that you need to submit to your local authorities.  

Tuck Everlasting Unit - Winnie has lived a life of privilege and security. Everything changes when she meets the Tucks. The Tucks never grow old, even as the world around them moves on. Winnie is faced with the challenge of risking everything to save the family she has come to love. In this unit children explore myths and legends of "magical waters", recognize the author’s use of effective personification, and are asked to design a marketing campaign. Children practice identifying and labeling parts of speech and write a cause and effect paragraph.

Week 1 - Learners will begin reading and discussing Tuck Everlasting. They will learn about Natalie Babbitt (author), vocabulary words, identifying parts of speech, make parts of speech flash cards, identifying prepositions, and settings. 

Week 2 - Learners will continue reading and discussing Tuck Everlasting. They will learn about adverbs, verbs, adjectives, personification, discuss life changes, the importance of water in the story and groundwater, and discuss life cycles.  

Week 3 - Learners will continue reading and discussing Tuck Everlasting. They will learn about adjectives and pronouns, juxtaposition, themes (cycles and changes), similes, metaphors, new vocabulary words, coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions, and write an ad. 

Week 4 - Learners will continue reading and discussing Tuck Everlasting. They will learn about cause and effect, write a paragraph, read about and compare myths and legends about water, review the parts of speech, symbols and similes, and create an art project with a quote from the book. Bonus Activity: They may watch the Tuck Everlasting movie (homework) to compare and contrast with the book.