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For Parents/Teachers – Lost in Lexicon Book Club Guide:
For Teachers/Librarians/Homeschoolers:
Lost in Lexicon offers many opportunities for integrating language arts and math enrichment. It’s been taught or team-taught to classes of advanced sixth graders or seventh graders. Below are some resources to help teachers approach the book.
Common Core-Lost in Lexicon Crosswalk & Detailed Discussion of CCS Links:
Teacher-Submitted Resources:
- Guide to Curriculum (please start with this document)
- Appendix of Handouts
- Characterization Bingo – Ch. 1
- Active Reading Bookmark
- Memorize Prepositions
- List of Verbs
- Speed Dating Questions on 1-6 LILFigurative language handout
- Writing a Ballad
- Prose and Poetry Chapters 9-11
- Numbered Heads Together 13-15
- Quiz on Chapters 16-20
- Questions For Ms Noyce
- Flora – village poem
- The Pond – village poem
- Merry Measure – village poem
- PROJECT
- Constructing Metaphors
- Hot Seat Activity
Printable PDF Compasses for use with Lost in Lexicon activities:
The next book in the Lexicon series, “The Ice Castle,” is here! check out this video about Ice Castle activities for a class or book group:
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