"Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle? Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying frindle. Soon the school is in an uproar, and Nick has become a local hero. His teacher wants Nick to put an end to all this nonsense, but the funny thing is frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. The new word is spreading across the country, and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it." (Amazon)

Common Sense Media Review:  https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/frindle

Our novel study will consist of the following activities:

* Author Study
* Pre-reading discussion/activity
* Weekly Reading Assignments
* Content Questions
* Discussion Questions
* Vocabulary
* Quizlet Vocabulary Practice Links (No account required)
* Discussion of book content, critical-thinking/high-level questions (inferencing, author's purpose, summarizing, sequencing, comparing/contrasting, comprehension, etc.)
* Quick-Writes
* Tasks for outside of our sessions to be shared the following weeks (cross-curricular connections, journaling, etc.)
* CULMINATING PROJECT
 I’ll provide a selection of ideas so that you can get your creativity moving!  These options will offer activities in several different learning styles and will allow students to create and share through documents, photos, or videos. Rubrics will be provided for each project option.

Week 1:  Chapters 1 - 4
Week 2:  Chapters 5 - 9
Week 3:  Chapters 10 - 12 
Week 4:  Chapters 13 - 15
Week 5:  Culminating Project

Remember, we are all expanding our knowledge together (including the teacher).
I'm looking forward to learning with you!

Mrs. Rae Marie (M.Ed.) (Writing, Poetry, Fantasy Fiction, ACE Educator)