The View From Saturday LitPlan – A Novel Unit Teacher Guide With Daily Lesson Plans

Essentially a complete teacher’s manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reprodicible resource materials for The View From Saturday. It 25 Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment, 3 detailed writing assignments, Individual and group activities, Critical thinking discussion questions, 5 unit tests (2 short answer, 2 multiple choice, 1 advanced), Evaluation forms, Review puzzles & games, Bulletin board ideas, Reproducible student materials, And more! A Note About A Few Of The Many Different Assignments There is a group theme project in this unit. Students will divide into groups or 4 or 5 studentsbased upon a common investigative interest. Each group will research a particular hobby, skill,subject or issue they would like to explore, thereby becoming the class experts on that topic. Each group will then develop an original product based on their study. A presentation day is scheduled in the unit so that students may benefit from one another’s work, in addition to practicing their public speaking skills. There are three writing assignments in this unit, each with the purpose of informing, persuading,or expressing personal opinions. The first writing assignment calls upon students to write a thank-you letter to someone who has bestowed kindness on them. The second writing assignment asks students to compose a narrative essay recalling a positive experience they have shared with a parent or grandparent. The third writing assignment allows students to express theirown opinion regarding the decline of Western Civilization, and charges them to write a speech that will persuade their classmates to take action in order to change that downward course.