It’s AWESOME! In includes an entire week of interactive pre-reading activities, printables for the entire book, nonfiction and poetry connections and assessments. But, this will show you the quality of my work and what you can expect throughout the entire unit.įollow my store for the complete unit for The Crossover. All of these skills are not covered in the Warm-up, just as a heads-up. This also includes the “Skills to Know”, “Question Types” and “Figurative Language Terms” which are covered in the ENTIRE unit. If you like this free sample, please follow my store as I roll out ALL the materials you need to teach this fabulous novel. The handout specifically focuses on studying the physical textual layout of a piece and how that contributes to the chapter as a whole, citing textual evidence, identifying and explaining the author’s use of poetic elements and figurative language and making personal text connections. To assess the quality of my work, please click here for a free sample of “Warm-up” Warm-up: A FREE PRODUCT This product is for a three page printable for the first section of The Crossover: Warm-up.

It is the greatest young adult book to teach in a middle school classroom. There is also a complete key included with answers and/or suggested answers. The printables include, but are not limited to analyzing the physical text, identifying character traits, exploring figurative language, citing text based details, identifying and explaining poetic elements, compare/contrast, finding the main idea, expanding vocabulary, making text connections and seeking author’s purpose. This product is for printables with a complete key for the novel The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander – Chapter Activities

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