counting by sevens by holly goldberg sloan

Clarify-Students are to analyze where they lack an understanding of the book.Summarize-Students will summarize the book, a chapter, or a section of the book.Visualize-I ask students to draw a symbol that best represents the book.

p/novel-study-school3 Teach Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan: Reading Comprehension

Lastly draw a primary character and at least one secondary character in the box below.

To assess setting students can create the setting in a drawing below.

You can ask them If you were given the opportunity to ask the author 5 questions what would they be? Write the questions below and explain why you want the answers to these questions.

Or, choose a significant incident in the book and write a journal entry from a character’s point-of-view.

Be prepared to share the chapter with your classmates.

Students can Predict what will happen in the next chapter and craft a chapter from a character’s perspective in first person point of view.

Create interview questions, practice and be prepared to present in front of the class.

Another journal response can be to Create a mock interview between yourself and a character.

This puts the students through the thought process of what empathy is like. Tell them something you admire about them and why. Tell them how you are similar or different.

Some of the examples are to write a letter to a character.

Second, I have multiple journal responses that I use throughout the unit that are engaging and assess student comprehension. Teach Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan: Journal Responses I like to keep definitions as simple as possible because when you use long definitions there is a low chance of student retention.

Students are to write a simple synonym for the definition. I start by passing out a vocabulary sheet in which students have the page number and the vocabulary word. Teach Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan: Vocabulary They all work together to take care of Willow while she embarks on a long and painful journey of healing. She is taken in by her friend and her friends mom, an uber driver and her school counselor. Counting by 7’s is a heartbreaking-yet heartwarming story about a young girl named Willow who loses her parents. Teach Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan will outline how to teach the novel step-by-step. Teach Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan What it’s about: Click HERE for the full lesson

Counting by sevens by holly goldberg sloan