Description

Implement novel studies and literature circles in your classroom today with this complete Beverly Cleary novel study. Students will be engaged and focused as they read Dear Mr. Henshaw. Every 10 pages or so, students stop to answer thought-provoking questions about the story. The reading responses include character development, making connections, asking questions, inferring, drawing conclusions, summarizing, and determining the author’s message. Students need access to the novel because they are required to look back in the story to support their thinking with evidence.

Online Learning:  This novel study now includes Google Slides for online learning, compatible with Google Classroom. The link to the slides is found on the second page of the resource.

Included in the download:

• Strategy pages for making connections, predicting, and asking questions
• Common Core alignment page
• Interactive notebook pages for analyzing characters, chapter summaries, and author’s message
• Google Slides for online learning
• Complete answer key

Students will:

• make predictions
• make connections
• ask questions
• answer text-based questions
• note details
• use supporting details
• write a friendly letter
• write from the main character’s point of view
• compare and contrast
• infer
• draw visualizations
• determine character traits
• complete a character trait map
• use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word or phrase
• write chapter summaries
• order events into the correct sequence

More Beverly Cleary novel studies available here:

Beezus and Ramona

Ramona the Pest

Ramona the Brave

Ramona and Her Father

Ramona and Her Mother

Ramona Quimby Age 8

Ramona Forever

Ramona’s World