Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. New York: Yearling, 2009. Print.
This book is about a boy named Sam who is turning age eleven but has a fear of the number eleven. He soon discovers that he is possibly not part of his family. He finds a newspaper that leads him to believe he was at one point missing. He confides in the help of a new girl named Caroline to help him find out the truth. This is a great book for students to read who like mysteries.
Resources:
http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/curriculumguides/eleven.html
This site is a helpful place to get a brief review of the story and discussion questions to help further thoughts about the novel.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/223
Since Sam has a reading disability, this is a site students can go to for information about reading disabilities and how they effect people with them.
Vocabulary:
periodical, rummage
During Reading:
Students record thoughts and make predictions about what they think will happen next.
Writing Activity:
This book is about a boy named Sam who is turning age eleven but has a fear of the number eleven. He soon discovers that he is possibly not part of his family. He finds a newspaper that leads him to believe he was at one point missing. He confides in the help of a new girl named Caroline to help him find out the truth. This is a great book for students to read who like mysteries.
Resources:
http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/curriculumguides/eleven.html
This site is a helpful place to get a brief review of the story and discussion questions to help further thoughts about the novel.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/223
Since Sam has a reading disability, this is a site students can go to for information about reading disabilities and how they effect people with them.
Vocabulary:
periodical, rummage
During Reading:
Students record thoughts and make predictions about what they think will happen next.
Writing Activity:
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