The book is written in free verse and in the vernacular of todays kids. Inside youll find 30 daily lessons, 20 fun activities, 180 multiple choice questions, 60 short essay questions, 20 essay questions, quizzeshomework assignments, tests, and more. It is a novel written in verse, thus providing many teaching oppportunities to explore a variety of poetic styles. The two departed a few moments later and dean chuckled mildly, stealing crowleys liquor again. Download an educators guide to the 2015 newbery medalwinning book the crossover by kwame alexander.
Free the crossover study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Free the crossover worksheets and literature unit for. At times he likes his nickname filthy mcnasty, but at other times he wants to be called josh. Let students know that every book is written by an author. Discover the best lesson planning for educators in best sellers. Josh and his twin brother jordan are awesome on the court. A novel 20 acoustic rooster and his barnyard band 2011 naacp image award nominee indigo blume and the garden city 2010 naacp image award nominee.
In this game of life your family is the court and the ball is your heart. Early in the year it is a lowstress entry point back into writing since all students know how to do something and the structure of a howto book is fairly simple. Grades 12, 35 many teachers, including myself, have often said that its easier to come to school sick than it is to make sub plans. The crossover by kwame alexander, was the 2015 newbery medal winner and the 2015. Immediately download the the crossover summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the crossover. Typically, there are 515 questions per chapter, act or section. Whether youre at home or at school, you can use bbc teach for free. Alexander reads an excerpt from the crossover youtube. Its such a fresh story with twin 12 year old boy protagonists who love playing basketball and are growing up and maybe apart as they cope with middle school. But both brothers must come to grips with growing up, on and.
Photographs and poetrythis is an interactive lesson to be completed as a prereading activity for the crossover by kwame alexander. As we crossover from summer to backtoschool, i want to encourage you to put crossover, a novel in verse by kwame alexander on. It refers to a basketball move described in the first vocabulary poem as well as to spoiler alert the death of the boys father. The big ideas forming the story are incrediblefamily, sacrifice, love, acceptance, jealousy, revenge, spoiler alert. Of coffee cups and lesson plans 1 year ago fourth grade studio. Josh bell is a talented middle school basketball player, as is his twin brother jordan. The crossover lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. The crossover by kwame alexander common core elaliteracy. In this middle grade novel told in dynamic verse, twelveyearold twin basketball stars josh and jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. The crossover upper elem 1 of 10 the crossover by kwame alexander is the 2015 newbery award winning novel. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. I always hated spending hours writing detailed plans for every subject, and reading is the subject i worried about the most.
The question and answer section for the crossover is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Its such a fresh story with twin 12 year old boy protagonists who love playing basketball and are growing up and maybe apart as they cope. Here are some of our favorite lesson plans and creative strategies that have been employed by educators to help kids get more out of a book and a hug. The crossover printables, classroom activities, teacher resources. The title of this book the crossover is an important phrase and idea throughout the book. It seemed like a futile task until i came upon the crossover. Created by association for library service to children alsc. Use the theme statement rubric below on page n and here to assess each student s understanding. The crossover printables, classroom activities, teacher. Recognizing that no one child will fit the complete list, the composite consists of both gifted and learning disabled characteristics like other gifted children, the typical crossover child. For each lesson, choose one of the reading response sheets for students to use following reading time. For this lesson we will focus on writing a howto book as a back to school activity however the lesson can be adjusted for any time of year. You are the course book lesson plans english banana. The crossovers narrator, josh bell, captures the highs and lows of adolescence through vivid descriptions of heartpounding threepointers and.
Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. The crossover by kwame alexander teacher guide novel unit and lesson plans. Hes got mad beats too, beats that tell his familys story in verse. Large floral open dated weekly teacher planner lesson plan book tf publishing. Alexander plays with the format visually in tense action scenes, and joshs voice comes through. Some of my favorite books to grab and go some of my favorite books to use with these lesson plans are listed below. Theyve all been tried out and work well with the discussion questions and. If you purchase it, you will be able to include the full version of it in lessons and share it with your students. Find out why alexander used the word pulchritudinous and how its repeated use sounds in this passage. As you know, our website is full of useful resources that can be utilized in a variety of ways and contexts. As we crossover from summer to backtoschool, i want to encourage you to put crossover, a novel in verse by kwame alexander on your mustshare list for the new school year particularly if you work with kids in 4th 8th grade. Josh bell is a talented middle school basketball player, as is his twin brother jordan read more.
This month, we examine 2015 newbery medal winner, the crossover by kwame alexander. Ask students to turn and talk to a partner, explaining how pictures, or illustrations, help us understand what we read. Only premium resources you own will be fully viewable by all students in classes you share this lesson with. With lessons plans created specifically for this 2015 newbery medal winner, this resource helps students analyze story elements more critically with close reading practiced throughout the units. The crossover by kwame alexander teacher guide novel unit. His father, chuck, was formerly a professional basketball player in the. Written in verse, basketball is a metaphor for life for twin middle school boys jordan and josh. Point to the illustrations, or pictures, in the book. The crossover is a novel in verse about brotherhood and basketball. Josh has many identities in this bookson, brother, basketball player, poet, and friend.
Its author, kwame alexander, aims to reach a wide variety of readers, including reluctant ones, through sports stories that are really about family, love, and friendship. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. The crossover is a novel in verse that tells the story of josh bell, a seventhgrader who is passionate about and talented at the game of basketball. Free primary and secondary school teaching resources bbc. The crossover stem extension guide is created to be a supplemental stem guide for a classroom study of the book the crossover by kwame alexander. Chuck brings josh and jb to the rec center after dinner to practice their free throws.
Why does john have to shoot free throws each nights after dinner. Newbery medal 2015, dorothy canfield fisher childrens book award nominee 2016. The crossover by kwame alexander won the newbery award this year and it is fabulous. Throughout the story, josh balances his family life with school while leading an undefeated team to the championship. This english lesson plan complements a perfect middle school story that. Cooperative learninginductive reasoningsequencingpredicti.
Customizable lessons with upto ten unique sections. The crossover summary study guides, essays, lesson plans. Id like to have an idea of where we each stand as far as lesson plans to avoid any potential overlaps. The crossover lesson plans teachers pet publications. It could be used in class during a read aloud, book club or individual reading. Spark a love for reading from the first page to the last with this instructional guide for the crossover. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. After reading the crossover, use this memory matching puzzle to help. Our website is home to thousands of free curriculummapped videos, arranged by agegroup and subject. Instant lesson plans for any book perfect for substitutes. The crossover makes exceptionally smart use of the verse format, without once feeling overdone or leaving the reader with the feeling a lot was lost because of the style. Decoding the newbery is a monthly column in which newbery medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author catherine faris king. Reading is fundamental 750 first street, ne suite 920 washington, dc 20002 1 877 rifread. Guide for crossover by kwame alexander poetry for children.
As students read or listen to this verse novel, encourage them to visualize each of the. From the cover, it was obviously about basketball although i didnt realize that crossover is a basketball move and it appeared to be a male protagonist. The following is a composite of the crossover child. The crossover the coolest, new middle school book available. I did, however, have time to read the best book ive read in years. This product was used to complement the book the crossover by kwame. A novel 2014 newbery medal, coretta scott king honor, ncte charlotte huck award honor, lee bennett hopkins poetry award, passaic poetry prize he said, she said.
Love this book, and will use your teaching ideas to help readers who are not used to the. Tell students to watch for the use of the phrase and talk about how it can be understood in each of the poems. Winner of 2014 newbery and coretta scott king awards for childrens literature. They learned from their dad, chuck da man, who played in the euroleague before retiring from the game. The crossover by kwame alexander lessons tes teach. Explain to the students that the illustrator of a storybook or text creates the pictures in the book. This 16 page unit includes comprehension questions, character analysis, character development timeline as well. This will open a new tab with the resource page in our marketplace.
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