Author: Kathryn Lasky
Copyright: 2010 (reprint)
Publisher: Scholastic Trade Books
Age Level: 8-14 and up
Reading Levels:
o Fountas & Pinnell – T Nonfiction
o Lexile – 900
o Accelerated Reader – 6.0
Pages: 192 (hard cover)
Genre: Fiction/Historical Fiction
“Land ahoy!” – from The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple
Suggested delivery: Read aloud, small group read or read independently
Links:
· Scholastic Discussion Guide and Interview with Kathryn Lasky http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/journey-new-world
· Visit the author’s website (Pre/Post Reading)
· Lesson Plan ideas for teachers (Pre/During/Post Reading)
3 teaching suggestions - using the book with students in grades 4-6
1. Mathematical application – graph the miles sailed on the Mayflower, include organizer for parts of the ship and a description for each
2. Social Studies – making connections between England and New England – people and places i.e. Myles Standish/Take Virtual tour of Plymouth Plantation, MA/Study about the Wampanoag’s
3. Make a Chart for vocabulary – British English, English, and Foreign/
Mini – lesson on teaching about explicit quotes in book
Key Vocabulary:
1. breadth
2. plodding
3. scours
4. squalls
5. confound
6. swooned
7. cunning
8. sown
9. sheathed
10. decoction
Before Reading strategy: K-W-L chart about the Mayflower and the New World/ Read - Aloud/Think-Pair-Share
During Reading strategy: Concept Sorts/Vocabulary Hot Spots Strategy
After Reading strategy: Exit Slip/Share one Text-to Self/Text/World
A writing activity that requires the students to respond to the text to demonstrate inferential comprehension – Immigration experience, cite text to describe the challenges that immigrants/Pilgrims faced in coming to the New World. Explain if it was worth the trip/Pros and Cons of coming.
Awards, Reviews, Honors or Mentions:
o She has received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction
Other Books by the Author or that may follow:
o A Brilliant Streak
o A Time for Courage
o A Voice of Her Own
o Alice Rose & Sam
o An American Spring
o Born in the Breezes
o Broken Song
o Chasing Orion
o John Muir
o Elizabeth I (Royal Diaries)
o Beyond the Burning Time
o Beyond the Divide
o Christmas After All (Dear America)
o Dancing Through Fire
o Interrupted Journey
o Guardians of Ga’Hole Series
o Scholastic site with her book list – EXTENSIVE http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/kathryn-lasky?items_per_page=60
Topic from the book: American History, Native American, Cooperation and Teamwork, Courage and Honor, Thanksgiving, Changes and New Experiences, Families and Social Structures, Pilgrims
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