Book Units

Recently in class we discussed creating units based on books. This is something that I have touched on in other classes, but never in as much depth as we did in this class. You can get so much more out of books than just simply language arts. As a class we discussed multiple different books and the numerous different subjects and activities that we could cover based on the content of the book.

One of the books that we discussed was “The Mighty Miss. Malone” by Christopher Paul Curtis. Some of the activities that we discussed were:

-making a birthday card or gift that may have been given to Deza

-discussing the great depression and its effects on people

-creating a budget plan (for present day as well as during the depression)

-comparing and contrasting Indiana and Michigan

-and SO much more! For more ideas click here.

You can create a unit or even a mini unit with any book really and you can do it for any grade! The possibilities are endless. So, get reading people J