The Crossover - (Great Works) by Angela Johnson (Paperback)

About the Book

Spark a love for reading from the first page to the last with this instructional guide for The Crossover. With lessons plans geared specifically for this 2015 Newbery Medal winner, this resource helps students analyze story elements more critically.

Book Synopsis

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.