Survival Novel Unit (view)

Units included with this Open Author resource:

Novel Unit
Keywords:
Between Shades of Gray, Lord of the Flies, Novel Units, Refugee, Survival, The Martian, Zeros
Alignment:
WI.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1, WI.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2, WI.ELS.C1.B.m, WI.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4, WI.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6, WI.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2

Summary

This unit is designed around providing student choice. There will be 5 novels for students to choose from: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, Refugee by Alan Gratz, Zeros by Scott Westerfeld, The Martian by Andy Weir, and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Each novel focuses on the central theme of survival. Students will read and meet weekly for 8 weeks. Each week the novel groups will be given specific discussion questions and tasks that are aligned with Wisconsin ELA standards and Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy & Sustainability.