The Crossover: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides lesson plans and activities for this award-winning literary work. This valuable resource helps teachers add more rigor to their instruction with complex literature. Text-dependent questions help students analyze the text with higher-order thinking skills, with lessons focused on story elements, vocabulary, and more. Close reading activities throughout the literature units encourage students to use textual evidence as they revisit passages to respond more critically about the text. With various methods of assessing comprehension, this instructional guide offers strategies for cross-curricular activities as students build a greater understanding of this great literary work.---from the publisher
72 pages 978-1425816483 Ages: Teachers of students ages 8-14
Keywords: Language Arts Curriculum, higher order thinking skills, vocabulary, comprehension, Secondary Education, Arts and Humanities Teaching Materials, Elementary Education, literacy, reading
Editor's Note: This book offers lesson plans and activities for teachers using The Crossover by Kwame Alexander.
