The Tuck Everlasting Book Unit is HERE!

Hello Everyone,

I have just added my Tuck Everlasting book unit to my TeachersPayTeachers Site!

I have posted a lot of fun stuff here to go along with reading Tuck Everlasting in the classroom.  I start my book units with a good foundation of comprehension questions, vocabulary, and quizzes and tests, but the things I do to make the reading easier, more enriching, or more interactive are the activities that I post here on my site.  Although I have read this book with over 230 students in my time at 6th grade, I have never taught it the same way twice.  I do keep the basics the same, and that way I can always modify my ideas or experiment with new things each time.  I would suggest starting with a book unit, that way you can get to the fun stuff too!

Story Pyramids - Tuck Everlasting and The Devil's Arithmetic

Two of my reading groups finished their novels just before the break.  The first group finished Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit and the second group finished The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen.  After finishing, we do a lesson on story structure.  I use the basic pyramid that you can find all over.

Story Pyramid

I have them take notes in their Reading Notebooks first, then have them create their own story pyramids using their novels.  It is expected that they combine the parts of the story with citations from the book.  I also ask them to use images with each part of their pyramid. I give them a copy of this rubric:

Story Pyramid Rubric

Some of them turn out really wonderful.  Here is one from Tuck Everlasting...

Tuck Everlasting Story Pyramid

 And here are three from The Devil's Arithmetic...

Devil's Arithmetic Story Pyramid 1

Devil's Arithmetic Story Pyramid 2

Devil's Arithmetic Story Pyramid 3

Tuck Everlasting Foldable - Reviewing for tests

So on top of working with visual notetaking, the kids are always preparing for their weekly novel quizzes.  This week was Tuck Everlasting for chapters 19 through the epilogue.  Lots to remember.  We used a standard foldable and some visual note taking to review the main events and some vocabulary.  I just HAD to share this one.

Tuck Everlasting Foldable Organizer

I use these a lot the day before a quiz.  I give them guidelines about the topic of each box and then they use all of their resources from the week to fill each area with as much detail as possible.  Then they get taped into their Reading Response Notebooks as a reference that can be used to study for the final test.